In support of Immokalee Workers

I’ll be writing more about this subject in the coming months – expanding fair trade to more and more products so that we can all be more ethical in our buying. Here are are some shots from our recent visit to Publix headquarters in Lakeland, FL – where the CEO refused to meet with farm workers who had ridden their bikes 200 miles to visit him. You can read more here:
http://www.theledger.com/article/20110906/NEWS/110909629?p=1&tc=pg
We used the tomato buckets to make a little rhythm …
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I had the honor of supporting the workers with a few words …
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We are connected by what we eat to those who plant, grow, harvest, ship, and market our food … they’re all our neighbors, whether CEO’s or farmworkers.
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