Margaret Reeves Pesticide Action Network EcoFarm, January 2019 · Burgeoning World of...
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Equitable Food Initiative:
A Collaborative Approach Towards a New Produce Industry Norm
Margaret ReevesPesticide Action NetworkEcoFarm, January 2019
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Since 2008, farmworkers and other industry stakeholders have been working together to build a joint solution to common problems.
EFI: History and Approach
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1.6 million FWs among lowest-paid, least protected workers in the U.S.Union membership decliningAbout 48 million food-borne illnesses and 5,000 deaths/year in the U.S.; 85 food recalls since July 2009Increased concern about pesticide health impacts on workers, rural communities & consumersMore than 1.1 billion pounds of pesticides used in the U.S. every year
Problems addressed
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Burgeoning World of Certifications
“Signed, Sealed... Delivered?
Behind Certifications and Beyond
Labels”
SustainAbility, November 2011
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EFI’s “Strange Bedfellow” Alliance
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EFI Mission
EFI brings together growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumers to transform agriculture and improve the lives of farmworkers.
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Farm workers are empowered, respected and treated with dignity.Growers and farm workers enjoy viable careers and fair compensation.Retailers realize the value in greater assurances of safer food produced by well-trained workers. Consumers enjoy safer food and receive assurances about the conditions in which it was produced.
EFI Vision
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EFI Standards & Certification
Labor
Crop/Pest Management
Food Safety
• Pesticide use reporting • IPM – based
management • Worker risk
quantification • Legal compliance • Freedom of association • Fair wages, benefits,
bonus • No discrimination or
retaliation • Health & safety • Housing • Dispute settlement • H2A protection
• Access to sanitation facilities• Training on health
and hygiene• Recognizing &
reporting illness
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Workforce DevelopmentRepresentative Leadership TeamRole of Leadership teamProblem ID and resolutionStandardsConflict resolution
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EFI Reach & Impact29 farms certified (Mexico, US, Canada)20,766 workers on certified farms; 9,625 more on farms in progress$6+ million distributed to workers as EFI bonuses
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