What is Fair Food?

There are currently many ongoing conversations and initiatives around fair food and social sustainability across the country. Just Harvest USA, in its work in partnership with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, views the following as important criteria for fair food:

• A guaranteed minimum fair wage for farmworkers;
• A process for farmworkers to pursue workplace complaints without fear of retribution;
• An employee-controlled health and safety committee;
• Opportunities for labor rights education on company time and property;
• Opportunities for advancement;
• An employee-controlled time clock system to maintain accurate records of hours worked;
• Farmworkers hired directly as employees with wages and benefits paid directly to employees;
• Housing must be voluntary and in compliance with the law (housing payments cannot reduce an worker's wages below the minimum fair wage);
• Zero tolerance for forced labor, illegal child labor, and systematic discrimination or wage violations.