“Chilean delegation travels to Southwest Florida to learn how to eradicate modern-day slavery”

...A delegation comprising of Chilean agricultural producers, human rights activists and government representatives has traveled to Southwest Florida to meet with representatives and see the workings of the Fair Food Program (FFP) first-hand. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, creators of the Fair Food Program, hosted the delegation for meetings…

These farmworkers are essential to Southwest Florida’s economy and needs. They are here on special visas allowing them to work in the fields doing the jobs that Americans for decades have had no interest in doing…

Migrant workers for decades have been victims of or threatened with violence. They have been robbed of promised wages. Woman have been raped.

Water, food and bathroom breaks were never guaranteed – until the Coalition of Immokalee Workers stepped in…

The program is essentially a partnership between workers, growers and companies that purchase the food.

The companies agree to pay a small premium to the growers in exchange for a commitment from growers that they will abide by a code of conduct -– conduct that includes providing water and shade breaks…

Pacific Tomato Growers was the first growing operation to sign on to the Fair Food Program…