Get ready for the big Thanksgiving Week of Supermarket Action, Nov. 14-21! Publix's Pilgrim salt shaker, shown here standing next to a bag of Publix's store label Fair Trade coffee, is ready to hit the streets to protest Publix's hypocrisy, are you? Thanksgiving is the time of year when our thoughts turn to family, football, and the wonderful, abundant feast that marks the start of the holiday season. But in Immokalee, and across the country, farmworkers and their allies in the Campaign for Fair Food have another tradition, as we pause to remember the hard work and sacrifices of the men and women whose undervalued labor has put food on Thanksgiving tables for generations. Thanksgivings past have brought us many holiday treats through the years, including a critical reflection on the two faces of Publix ("Publix vs. Publix"), a community-wide festival in Immokalee, and even a rare appearance by Rolando the Clown at the famous Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade. This Thanksgiving will truly be one to remember, however, as Fair Food activists from Florida to California will be taking to the streets in a Thanksgiving Week of Action! If you're interested in organizing or joining a Thanksgiving Week protest in your hometown, contact us at organize@sfalliance.org, and we'll hook you up with other nearby Fair Food activists. Together, you can let your local supermarket know that now is the time to join the Fair Food Program! In the meantime, visit the CIW website today for a couple of things to get you in the mood for the big Week of Action, including highlights of the Food Day twitter conference co-hosted by the CIW and the CBS News video report on the Fair Food Program from two Thanksgivings ago, "Harvest of Shame: 50 Years Later"!

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