Tag: equitable food initiative
EFI creates sustainability training for produce professionals
- General News
EFI created a multi-day, customized course aimed at equipping produce professionals with the knowledge to coordinate and report on sustainability efforts at their operations.
EFI offers resources to keep farmworkers safe from heat illness
- General News
With record temperatures soaring nationwide and labor-intensive planting and harvesting activities peaking, safeguarding farmworkers' health and safety is of the utmost importance.
EFI celebrates Farmworker Awareness Week growth
- General News
Publicity and social engagement throughout the agricultural industry involved politicians, government agencies, schools and businesses.
EFI to showcase sustainable farming practices in three upcoming events
- General News
Equitable Food Initiative, the capacity-building and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer groups, is pleased to announce three upcoming sustainability offerings.
How a bakery in Guatemala came to share the name of a Canadian greenhouse
- Analysis
As we celebrate the month of gratitude, let us not forget the unsung heroes of the food behind our favorite recipes: farmworkers.
EFI celebrates National Gratitude Month
- General News
Equitable Food Initiative is celebrating National Gratitude Month by sharing stories of gratitude and success from farmworkers
Equitable Food Initiative announces new hires
- General News
The certification organization, which partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers, and consumer groups, welcomes two new employees
National Farm Safety and Health Week provides opportunity to review less-considered injury risks
- Analysis
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports there were about 2.6 million workers employed in agriculture on farms in 2022. While that may sound like a lot of workers, the industry is facing labor shortages as it works to grow, harvest, pack, and process food for more than 330 million Americans.
EFI announces new hires to support certification program
- General News
Equitable Food Initiative, the capacity-building and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer groups, has expanded its staff by adding two new positions.
EFI ‘Produce & Reduce’ measures success after two-year pilot
- General News
Equitable Food Initiative and Measure to Improve, announced the successful completion of the two-year Produce & Reduce pilot program which was implemented on three farming operations and funded by the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB)