EFI's Latest News

Equitable Food Initiative adds marketing and sales manager and data architect to its team to support expanding offerings....
EFI conducted a study to better understand the purchase behavior of socially conscious consumers and developed tips for produce companies to reach them....
Understanding the issues related to social responsibility that consumers care about most, who the consumers most engaged in social responsibility are, how current events affect consumer concerns and what factors affect purchasing behavior can help direct your marketing efforts....
EFI names two new board members from founding organizations, NatureSweet Tomatoes and Farmworker Justice....
EFI supports the proposed new guidance on ethical recruitment from the Biden-Harris Administration’s Collaborative Migration Management Strategy. The new guidance outlines key areas related to recruitment infrastructure and processes and reinforces EFI's work....
Sustainability in agriculture can be a moving target due to changing regulations and technology. Webinar 4 explores the process of outlining and implementing sustainability initiatives in a greenhouse setting, the importance of collecting data in creating sustainability solutions and practical...
Change is happening continuously in the agricultural industry and with it comes the need to create healthier workplaces, better efficiency and quality, and increased productivity for fresh produce companies. Two topics bringing transformative power to the needs of this changing...
EFI's outreach efforts during Farmworker Awareness Week created 1.5 million impressions and generated awareness among politicians, government agencies and businesses....
Upskilling provides employees with upward mobility, increased opportunities and possibilities for financial growth, all of which contribute to keeping employees around by building company loyalty and increasing employee satisfaction. What does upskilling look like for fresh produce companies?...
Respectful, safe workplace cultures doesn't happen only through good hiring or good intentions. Studies show female farmworkers are more likely to experience harassment at work than the general population, making addressing harassment issues through planning and action an important issue...
Webinar 2 in the People First series provides a comprehensive overview of how to recruit and integrate guest and H-2A visa workers into your workforce, including how to get started, critical recruitment risks to avoid and how investing in clean...
Produce Moms Founder and CEO talks with LeAnne Ruzzamenti of EFI and Nicole Minnich-Zapata of Misionero about the importance of honoring the contributions of farmworkers to the food supply chain....
EFI partnered with the University of Washington to develop a worksite training and toolkit for the prevention of sexual harassment of farmworkers....
CMI Orchards and its growing partner McDougall & Sons has earned its first EFI certification on its apples, cherries and pears orchards....
EFI's ITCC is offered to growers in the EFI Program that wish to develop internal resources to support ongoing Leadership Team development, workforce education, compliance with EFI Standards or other areas of organizational development....