Farmworker Conference for Fair Trade Minneapolis Report-Back

On April 28-30, 2007 in Owatonna, MN a historic event took place. For the first time, farmworker groups from around the U.S. met to consider their place in the growing Domestic Fair Trade movement. They came out of their meeting with a commitment to use Domestic Fair Trade as a key tool for achieving justice for farmworkers, and a demand that any group marketing U.S.-grown Fair Trade food involve farmworkers as equal partners in the definition of what is fair.

You are invited to learn more about this exciting development at the Farmworker Conference for Fair Trade Report-Back. Conference participants Ernesto Bustos of Centro Campesino, Erik Esse of the Local Fair Trade Network and Lisa Sass Zaragoza of the University of Minnesota Department of Chicano studies will talk about farmworker organizing, the history of the Domestic Fair Trade movement and how these efforts are coming together. Participants will also share ideas on how food co-ops, unions, farmers, faith groups and others can support the creation of a just food system in our region.

Wednesday, June 13, Noon-1:00
Romero Room, Resource Center of the Americas
3019 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis
Lunch provided by La Loma Restaurant, $5-10 suggested donation

Sponsored by the Local Fair Trade Network, Centro Campesino and the University of Minnesota Department of Chicano Studies.

Please RSVP here (requested for lunch count. Please come even if you don't RSVP!)