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EFI celebrates its 5th anniversary providing workforce development programs for the fresh industry....
Tom Karst interviews Vic Smith and Peter O'Driscoll about the impacts of COVID-19 on business, the workforce and how training and development has helped lead a quick response....
Practical considerations when evaluating a blockchain solution for your program or organization based on us, Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) as a case study. Look at how to kick off a project with consideration for diverse stakeholders and at how to...
EFI worked with its certified growers to learn from their worker-manager teams and generate educational materials for fresh produce growers and farmworkers....
In this time of global crisis, EFI certified farms are seeing more engagement as EFI Leadership Teams use their training in problem-solving and communication to create farm-specific solutions for farmworkers....
Produce Blue Book talks how growers are partnering with transparency accountability groups like EFI to respond to consumer demand on traceability....
AFOP talks about how EFI has implemented a certification system that strives to improve social justice by putting more pennies in farmworkers’ pockets, thereby “closing the inequalities gap.”...
Andrew Zimmern is shedding light on the people that harvest America's fields with his new show, What's Eating America. During the first episode, he talked about how consumers can have a positive impact on the food system and cited EFI...
Fresh produce growers can stay relevant by demonstrating a corporate commitment to the causes that motivate millennials and Gen Zers—generations who are hungry for food that fits with their values-driven lifestyle diets....
Nella Mae’s Farm recommends looking for certifications like Equitable Food Initiative to supports a living wage for everyone on the farm....
Developing authenticity and emotional connections were center stage at United Fresh's 2020 BrandStorm™....
LeAnne Ruzzamenti shares her FRESHx presentation from United Fresh's BrandStorm, arguing that produce marketers need to put their people on center stage....
Dr. Sarah Taber, crop scientist and host of the podcast Farm to Taber, talked with Peter O’Driscoll about the ways EFI is making a difference in the fresh produce supply chain....
Jesus Medellin
Jesus Medellín, Operations Manager and EFI Leadership Team leader, talks about how EFI trainings have impacted his personal and professional life....