What is Farmworker Awareness Week?
Farmworker Awareness Week occurs annually at the end of March to honor the daily contributions farmworkers make to our food system.
Equitable Food Initiative is always proud to honor the contributions of farmworkers because their skills and contributions are essential to getting fresh and healthy food on supermarket shelves.
Farmworkers Are #AlwaysEssential
The pandemic shined a light on the essential role of workers in the food supply chain. Farmworkers are the root of the supply chain, working to ensure the availability, quality and safety of our fresh food.
Raise Standards to Provide Healthier, Safer and Respectful Workplaces
EFI provides training and a place for all workers to have a voice in the farming operation. The worker-management collaborative team on each EFI-certified farm works together to meet more than 300 of the highest standards in the industry and make continuous improvements. These teams played a vital role in keeping workers safe while ensuring product availability and continuity during the pandemic.
When you support the socially responsible brands in the EFI Program, you are helping ensure healthier, safer and respectful workplaces for the people who grow and harvest your fresh fruits and vegetables.
Children’s Coloring Sheet: Thank a Farmworker
Download and share this coloring sheet for children that serves as a thank you to farmworkers.
Poster: 5 Reasons to Thank a Farmworker
Download and share this poster that highlights five reasons to show our gratitude to farmworkers.
3 Ways to Support Farmworkers
1. Shop for the EFI Label and support brands with EFI-certified farms.
Look for the Responsibly Grown, Farmworker Assured label which means healthier working conditions and safer food. Your purchase of EFI-labeled fresh fruits and vegetables returns a bonus back to the workers who produced it. More than $14 million has been paid to workers as bonuses through the EFI Program!
Look for the brands that embrace socially responsible practices and certify farms to the EFI Standards:
2. Share That Essential Farmworkers Deserve Safer & Healthier Working Conditions.
Take a moment to create awareness that #AlwaysEssential farmworkers deserve safer, healthier, and more respectful workplaces. Post on social media using #FarmworkerAwarenessWeek #AlwaysEssential.
3. Stay Connected.
Sign up for the EFI email newsletters sent every month (we promise never to share your address!). It features stories of farmworker contributions, recipes from socially responsible brands and an inside look at fresh fruit and vegetable farms.