Fair Food Austin: Fair Food Friday: Halloween Edition

October 27, 2008

Fair Food Friday: Halloween Edition

In the grand tradition of CIW Halloween protests (the photo on the right is from a 2002 Taco Bell protest in Ft. Myers, FL), join us this Friday 10/31 for a spooky edition of Fair Food Fridays. Costumes encouraged!

When: Friday, 10/31, 6-7pm
Where: Chipotle Free Burrito Give-Away (2230 Guadalupe St.)

And in the meantime, don't miss the recent coverage of the Campaign for Fair Food in the New York Times Sunday Magazine or the video recap (below) of the recent Chipocrisy tour!

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.