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FAIR FOOD PROGRAM

THE POWER OF PREVENTION

"One of the most important social-impact stories of the past century"
Harvard Business Review
"A visionary strategy with potential to transform workplace environments across
the global supply chain"
MacArthur Foundation
"An international benchmark in the fight against modern-day slavery"
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Trafficking
"Unique in the country" for preventing sexual violence
PBS Frontline
"One of the most important social-impact stories of the past century"
Harvard Business Review
"A visionary strategy with potential to transform workplace environments across
the global supply chain"
MacArthur Foundation
"An international benchmark in the fight against modern-day slavery"
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Trafficking
"Unique in the country" for preventing sexual violence
PBS Frontline
"One of the most important social-impact stories of the past century"
Harvard Business Review
"A visionary strategy with potential to transform workplace environments across
the global supply chain"
MacArthur Foundation
"An international benchmark in the fight against modern-day slavery"
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Trafficking
"Unique in the country" for preventing sexual violence
PBS Frontline



DO YOU KNOW THE STORY BEHIND YOUR FOOD?



By harnessing the power of consumer demand, the Fair Food Program gives
farmworkers a meaningful voice in the decisions that affect their lives, and
prevents the longstanding abuses that have plagued agriculture for generations.
Find out why there is hope on the horizon for America’s farmworkers. 

Narrated by Alyssa Milano

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HOW THE FAIR FOOD PROGRAM WORKS



The Fair Food Program is a unique partnership among farmers, farmworkers, and
retail food companies that ensures humane wages and working conditions for the
people who feed our families.

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Fair Food Agreements

Participating Growers and Buyers agree to implement the worker-informed “Code of
Conduct,” which outlines all the protections for farmworkers in the program, as
well as the Fair Food Premium.

Fair Food Premium

The Fair Food Program Premium (FFPP) is passed down along the supply chain –
from the retail level to the grower level – and ultimately is added as a bonus
to workers’ paychecks as part of the grower’s regular payroll process. The FFPP
bonus is clearly marked as a separate line item on the worker’s paystub.

Fair Food Code of Conduct

The “Code of Conduct” covers all the protections for farmworkers in the Program
– from wages and hours, to freedom from retaliation, to health and safety
protections. In 2020 and 2021, the protections were expanded to include
prevention and response protocols for COVID-19 and heat stress illness.

Worker-to-Worker Education

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, the award-winning,
internationally-recognized farmworker human rights organization that founded the
Fair Food Program, conducts worker-to-worker education sessions at all
Participating Growers’ farms throughout the season. The curriculum is developed
and delivered by CIW farmworker staff. All workers also receive an FFP Know Your
Rights and Responsibilities booklet and video training at the time of hire as a
part of their overall orientation.

Rigorous Independent Auditing

Rather than rely on outside social auditing firms that may not know the nuances
of the industry or the Program, the FFP is enforced by a dedicated third-party
monitoring organization, the Fair Food Standards Council. One of its principal
tasks is to conduct in-depth audits on Participating Growers’ farms. With access
to company records at the farm office level and access to the fields to observe
harvesting operations and talk to workers first-hand, FFSC auditors are able to
bring an unprecedented level of transparency to participating farms.

24/7 Trilingual Complaint Mechanism

When workers encounter a potential violation of the Code of Conduct, the Program
provides them access to a fast, effective, and proven complaint process, with
strict consequences for retaliation against workers who make a report.

Complaints are investigated and resolved by FFSC, normally in collaboration with
growers. Whenever possible, complaint resolutions include an educational
component.

Market-Backed Enforcement

The Fair Food Code of Conduct is backed by binding agreements between CIW and
many of the largest buyers of tomatoes in the world, from McDonald’s to Walmart.
Participating Buyers are required to suspend purchases from growers who have
failed to comply with the Code of Conduct. These agreements therefore provide a
real market incentive for Participating Growers to abide by fair labor
practices, resulting in unprecedented reforms in Florida’s tomato industry,
including the virtual elimination of forced labor in the fields. Sexual
harassment, verbal abuse, and wage theft are now the exception, rather than the
rule.

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VOICES FROM THE FIELDS

After a worker-to-worker education session: "We have been here about a week."
Before, he had worked at another farm in Florida on a different H2-A contract.
"Everything they had promised, they did not do. There had been a supervisor who
told us, 'don't say anything about it.' The supervisor said, ' I know where you
live, and if you talk, I'll find you in Mexico.' The worker was "very happy" to
hear about the Fair Food Program - "It sounds like this will be different,
because of what you [the CIW] are doing."

“I have been in the fields all my life, I have seen boys become men in the
tomato fields, I have seen a great deal. And now I also see that things are
better, now we are not treated like dogs – I am grateful to people like you. You
are welcome here.”

“… More important than the money, which I need, was the feeling of dignity when
my labor – the buckets I harvested – was recognized.”

“In the past, we had to wake our son up at 4 a.m. to get him to a home daycare
where he stayed until the daycare provider took him to school. This routine had
affected the child’s health. Now, for the first time in the 10 years of my son’s
life, my wife and I are able to eat breakfast with him and walk him to school.”

One worker said that working on the farms has come a long way since the start
and that about 25 years ago when she first started working in the fields there
weren’t any bathrooms so she would have to use the bathroom in the
treeline/forest. She always feared that her male coworkers would spy on her so
she would go all day without going to the bathroom but now she does not have
that fear. The worker stated that “aqui donde estamos llego el progreso/
progress is finally here.”

After a worker-to-worker education session: "We have been here about a week."
Before, he had worked at another farm in Florida on a different H2-A contract.
"Everything they had promised, they did not do. There had been a supervisor who
told us, 'don't say anything about it.' The supervisor said, ' I know where you
live, and if you talk, I'll find you in Mexico.' The worker was "very happy" to
hear about the Fair Food Program - "It sounds like this will be different,
because of what you [the CIW] are doing."

“I have been in the fields all my life, I have seen boys become men in the
tomato fields, I have seen a great deal. And now I also see that things are
better, now we are not treated like dogs – I am grateful to people like you. You
are welcome here.”




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