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Fast for Fair Food: Farmworkers Fast so "Our Children Won't Have To"

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. March 8, 2012.

The choice to fast is both an evocation of the history of farmworker activism and a moral choice, made to highlight the poverty the workers face.

How the Florida Tomato Industry Went from Being One of the Most Repressive Employers to the Most Progressive

Barry Estabrook, The Atlantic. April 21, 2011.

For an industry that has nine cases of slavery prosecuted in the last 15 years, that's really saying something.

Huge Victory in the Fight For Fair Wages in Our Tomato Fields

Barry Estabrook, The Atlantic. November 18, 2010.

The Florida Tomato Growers Exchange, which represents virtually all the tomato farmers in the state, has signed on to the important Fair Food Principles.

Ending Slave Labor: Will Trader Joe's Agree to Fair Food?

Leslie Hatfield, AlterNet. September 7, 2010.

Trader Joe's, as well as other grocery chains, have yet to sign on to the Fair Food Campaign to protect farm workers and provide more livable wages.

Human Rights With Your Food: Farm Workers March in Florida for Living Wages

Andrew Stelzer, IPS News. April 21, 2010.

Farmworkers are calling on supermarket giant Publix to pay them a penny more for every pound of tomatoes they pick, which would almost double their meager wages.

One Company Thinks They've Created Fast Food With a Conscience -- Are They Right?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. February 9, 2010.

Chipotle has a great record when it comes to buying more sustainable ingredients, but it has done one thing that has human rights activists howling.