26 min
Fair Trade Dairy: A False Solution For a Better World
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- Food
Crispin Hernandez and the Workers' Center of Central New York won historic legal protections for farmworkers in Episode 1. Now they take their demands to Chobani’s doorstep, backed by a detailed report.
But instead of negotiating with workers, Chobani chose a different path. They partnered with Fair Trade USA to develop a new “Fair Trade Dairy” standard, and rolled out a “Milk Matters” platform. But they aren’t engaging with workers.
Topics covered include:
The massive growth of the industrial dairy industry at the expense of farm workers’ health and wellbeing.Workers’ Center of Central New York’s research into conditions on dairy farms in New York State, including those selling to Chobani. Crispin and organizers deliver their demands straight to Chobani’s doorstep, calling for recognition of their rights and negotiations. Farm workers’ demand for an alternative to Chobai and Fair Trade USA’s “Fair Trade Dairy” label that requires Chobani to work with dairy farms that respect workers’ rightsHow Fair Trade USA’s “Fair Trade Dairy” label was developed without farmworkers, a clear contrast from the farmworkers’ demands of ChobaniWhat has (and hasn’t) changed since Workers Center of Central New York brought their demands to Chobani’s door.
Do you work on a farm participating in the “Fair Trade Dairy” program? We want to hear about your experiences. Send a message to info@fairworldproject.org or call (800) 631-9980.
Resources:
Learn more about Crispin’s work and the Workers’ Center of Central New York at https://www.workerscny.org/en/home/
Read the Milked report, detailing conditions on New York dairy farms written by Workers Center of Central New York and allies and presented to Chobani: https://milkedny.wordpress.com/
See the open letter to Chobani from New York worker groups detailing their demands and opposition to “Fair Trade Dairy”: https://www.workerscny.org/en/chobani-respect-workers-organizing-rights/
Find out where farm workers are organizing around the country and learn more about the work of Food Chain Workers’ Alliance: https://foodchainworkers.org/
Subscribe to For a Better World and be the first to know when new episodes drop: https://forabetterworld.captivate.fm/
Join Fair World Project’s email list to stay in the loop about efforts big and small you can be a part of to create a better world: https://fairworldproject.salsalabs.org/subscribe/index.html
Crispin Hernandez and the Workers' Center of Central New York won historic legal protections for farmworkers in Episode 1. Now they take their demands to Chobani’s doorstep, backed by a detailed report.
But instead of negotiating with workers, Chobani chose a different path. They partnered with Fair Trade USA to develop a new “Fair Trade Dairy” standard, and rolled out a “Milk Matters” platform. But they aren’t engaging with workers.
Topics covered include:
The massive growth of the industrial dairy industry at the expense of farm workers’ health and wellbeing.Workers’ Center of Central New York’s research into conditions on dairy farms in New York State, including those selling to Chobani. Crispin and organizers deliver their demands straight to Chobani’s doorstep, calling for recognition of their rights and negotiations. Farm workers’ demand for an alternative to Chobai and Fair Trade USA’s “Fair Trade Dairy” label that requires Chobani to work with dairy farms that respect workers’ rightsHow Fair Trade USA’s “Fair Trade Dairy” label was developed without farmworkers, a clear contrast from the farmworkers’ demands of ChobaniWhat has (and hasn’t) changed since Workers Center of Central New York brought their demands to Chobani’s door.
Do you work on a farm participating in the “Fair Trade Dairy” program? We want to hear about your experiences. Send a message to info@fairworldproject.org or call (800) 631-9980.
Resources:
Learn more about Crispin’s work and the Workers’ Center of Central New York at https://www.workerscny.org/en/home/
Read the Milked report, detailing conditions on New York dairy farms written by Workers Center of Central New York and allies and presented to Chobani: https://milkedny.wordpress.com/
See the open letter to Chobani from New York worker groups detailing their demands and opposition to “Fair Trade Dairy”: https://www.workerscny.org/en/chobani-respect-workers-organizing-rights/
Find out where farm workers are organizing around the country and learn more about the work of Food Chain Workers’ Alliance: https://foodchainworkers.org/
Subscribe to For a Better World and be the first to know when new episodes drop: https://forabetterworld.captivate.fm/
Join Fair World Project’s email list to stay in the loop about efforts big and small you can be a part of to create a better world: https://fairworldproject.salsalabs.org/subscribe/index.html
26 min