Celebrate National Farmworker Awareness Week
Communications Toolkit Provides Graphics and Messaging to Elevate the Role of #AlwaysEssential Workers
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WASHINGTON, March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer advocacy groups, is celebrating National Farmworker Awareness Week by encouraging growers, agricultural associations and consumers to share messages honoring the farmworkers that make it possible for Americans to have access to high-quality, fresh and safer fruits and vegetables, particularly in light of the pandemic.
Equitable Food Initiative has provided a communications toolkit for the agricultural industry to use to celebrate National Farmworker Awareness Week
EFI Relaunches Responsible Recruitment Scorecard
Updated Interactive Version Helps Produce Industry Combat Labor Trafficking
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ In support of the fresh produce industry s commitment to the Ethical Charter on Responsible Labor Practices, retail buyers are increasingly asking grower-shippers to demonstrate how they are proactively keeping forced labor out of their workforce. Equitable Food Initiative has relaunched its online Responsible Recruitment Scorecard as an interactive version with a digital self-assessment to help growers identify their risk factors in the recruitment process and pursue recommended action steps.
Kenton Harmer, Managing Director, Equitable Food Initiative