{"id":141,"date":"2011-09-30T13:03:37","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T13:03:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-01-29T16:14:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T21:14:22","slug":"fcwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2011\/09\/30\/fcwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunger Program partner highlights labor rights for World Food Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If agribusiness can form economic alliances up, down and across the food chain, why don&#8217;t food chain workers form alliances of solidarity and support?<\/p>\n<p>Well, they have!<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/foodchainworkers.org\/\">Food Chain Workers Alliance<\/a> is a coalition of worker-based organizations whose <a href=\"http:\/\/foodchainworkers.org\/?page_id=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">members<\/a> plant, harvest, process, pack, transport, prepare, serve, and sell food, organizing to improve wages and working conditions for all workers along the food chain. They came together just two years ago in July 2009 and PHP has been honored to be able to support their work through gifts to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/ministries\/specialofferings\/one-great-hour-sharing-offering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One Great Hour of Sharing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usfoodsovereigntyalliance.org\/\">US Food Sovereignty Alliance<\/a>, which FCWA is a part of, they are calling for action on World Food Day and during the Food Week of Action&#8211;and here is their Call:<\/p>\n<h4><a style=\"font-weight: normal\" title=\"Permanent Link to World Food Day!\" href=\"http:\/\/foodchainworkers.org\/?page_id=1497\" rel=\"bookmark\">World Food Day!<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"photoright300\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/dignity-for-farmworkers-action1-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"World Food Day happens on October 16\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/>\n<p class=\"caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/foodchainworkers.org\/?page_id=1497\">World Food Day happens on October 16<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>World Food Day happens on <strong>October 16<\/strong>. The US Food Sovereignty Alliance, of which the FCWA is a member, is joining with La Via Campesina and food sovereignty movements to call on people and organizations to fashion the food and farming future we need\u2014a future of communities, regions and nations revitalized with local food, democracy, sustainability and justice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take Action on and around World Food Day!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>October 10 \u2013 17<br \/>\nOctober 10 ~ Food Week of Actions begins<br \/>\nOctober 12 ~ Dia de la Raza (Indigenous People\u2019s Day)<br \/>\nOctober 15 ~ International Day of Rural Women<br \/>\nOctober 16 ~ World Food Day<br \/>\nOctober 17 ~ International Day for the Eradication of Poverty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Let us know about things happening near you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/embeddedform?formkey=dEFUNjFJWFRsQlZlN3ZZNHJfRXczd2c6MA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fill out the short form!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Many people and groups are taking action on and around World Food Day. Find out what is happening where, and add your events and actions on the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usfoodsovereigntyalliance.org\/world-food-week-of-action-2011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> form <\/a>on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usfoodsovereigntyalliance.org\/world-food-week-of-action-2011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alliance website<\/a>. Please go there and list what you are doing so people can join you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some event and actions happening that week!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/action.fooddemocracynow.org\/call\/if_you_eat_you_better_get_GIPSA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Call the Senate about GIPSA<\/a><\/strong> to help save independent family farms.<br \/>\n2. Get your congregation to join the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-alliance.ch\/en\/s\/food\/2011-churches-week-of-action-on-food\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Food Week of Action<\/a> <\/strong>promoted by the global Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance\u2014October 10-17.<br \/>\n3.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/activist-resources\/action-alerts\/tell-congress-to-oppose-the-colombia-free-trade-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Oppose<\/strong><\/a> the Colombia FTA and other pending trade deals with South Korea and Panama, all of which will bankrupt family farmers.<br \/>\n4. Join\u00a0<strong>Millions Against Monsanto<\/strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/monsanto\/wfd-rally-map.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find an action near you<\/a> or initiate one!<br \/>\n5. Read and publicize the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youthfoodbillofrights.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youth Food Bill of Rights<\/a><\/strong>.<br \/>\n6. <strong>Support CIW\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciw-online.org\/tools.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Campaign for Fair Food<\/a><\/strong> against supermarkets that refuse to pay higher wages to farm workers.<br \/>\n7. Host a\u00a0<strong>Food Justice Workshop<\/strong> to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peoplesgrocery.org\/article.php\/20080521174225553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">share food and information<\/a> about taking back our local food systems (see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usfoodsovereigntyalliance.org\/world-food-week-of-action-2011#resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Resources below<\/a>).<br \/>\n8.\u00a0<strong>Celebrate and organize community meals<\/strong> with local chefs, gardeners, farmers, and eaters to build community and dismantle racism and other forms of oppression. See box on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usfoodsovereigntyalliance.org\/world-food-week-of-action-2011#resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Food and Faith Practices: Learn, Live, Lead<\/a>.<br \/>\n9.\u00a0<strong>Start rebuilding your local food economy <\/strong>so it works for low-income communities and everyone.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cityfresh.org\/sites\/default\/files\/freshstop%20train%20truncate%20v1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download City Fresh\u2019s Fresh Stop manual<\/a>.<br \/>\n10.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.right2knowmarch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Right2Know March<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 March from NYC to Washington DC to demand labeling for GMO foods\u2014October 1-16.<br \/>\n11.\u00a0<strong>Sign<\/strong> the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.right2knowmarch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dakar Appeal Against Land Grabs<\/a> to stand in solidarity with victims of land grabbing who will be in Rome for the UN Committee on World Food Security meetings right around World Food Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h4><a title=\"Permanent Link to World Food Day!\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/foodchainworkers.org\/?page_id=1497\">World Food Day!<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<p><strong>World Food Day<\/strong> happens on&nbsp;<strong>October 16<\/strong>.   The US Food Sovereignty Alliance, of which the FCWA is a member, is   joining with La Via Campesina and food sovereignty movements to call on   people and organizations to fashion the food and farming future we   need&mdash;a future of communities, regions and nations revitalized with local   food, democracy, sustainability and justice.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,2423],"tags":[87,283,358,359,24,121,85,61,36,282,35,83],"class_list":["post-141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-food-week-of-action","tag-advocacy","tag-eaa","tag-food-for-life","tag-gipsa","tag-hunger","tag-justice","tag-pcusa","tag-php","tag-presbyterian","tag-sovereignty","tag-trade","tag-world-food-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.5 (Yoast SEO v23.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hunger Program partner highlights labor rights for World Food Day - Food and Faith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2011\/09\/30\/fcwa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hunger Program partner highlights labor rights for World Food Day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"World Food Day! 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