Fair Food Austin: We're back - Fair Food Austin resumes meetings

September 8, 2008

We're back - Fair Food Austin resumes meetings

After a summer respite and another major victory in the Campaign for Fair Food (thank you, Burger King), we're back at it. Come check out the new meeting time and location -- every Thursday at 5:30pm at Parlin 8C (UT-Austin). Fair Food Austin meetings are open to everyone in the Austin area.

More fall events will be announced soon, but in the meantime stay tuned for more exciting campaign developments as well as a report-back from the Austin/Rio Grande Valley delegation attending the 2008 SFA Encuentro in Immokalee, Florida next week!

Who We Are

Since 2001, Fair Food Austin has organized with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) for fair wages and dignified working conditions in the U.S. agricultural industry. The CIW is a farmworker organization headquartered in Immokalee, Florida with over 4,000 members. The CIW has aided in the prosecution by the Department of Justice of six slavery operations and the liberation of well over 1,000 workers.

We use creative methods to educate consumers about the human rights crisis farmworkers face and to promote the Campaign for Fair Food. The campaign requires large food corporations -- from Taco Bell to Whole Foods -- to demand more humane labor standards from their Florida tomato suppliers, to pay a premium price for more fairly produced tomatoes, and to buy only from growers who meet those higher standards.

Brutal conditions in Florida's fields may seem distant to consumers deep in the heart of Texas, but many of the restaurant and supermarket chains that have helped create this crisis are present in our community and buy Florida tomatoes at some point during the year. Human rights are universal, and by working together, farmworkers and consumers can create a better world.