Policy Link: “Tomato Workers in Florida Remake an Industry”… “What I found in the coalition was a group of people who believed in the same things we did — good working relationships and having a sustainable business. That’s the basis for a partnership.” Jon Esformes, Pacific Tomato Growers Policy Link, the “national research and action institute advancing economic and social equity by Lifting Up What Works,” published a remarkable article yesterday — at once concise and wide-ranging — on the Fair Food Program as an example of a social change initiative that just works.   The article, entitled “America’s Tomorrow: Tomato Workers in Florida Remake an Industry,” offers up a straightforward analysis of the structure and unique spirit of the Fair Food Program and is distinguished by, among other things, a number of excellent quotations from the first grower to sign a Fair Food Agreement with the CIW, Jon Esformes, Operating Partner of Pacific Tomato Growers. Here below is an extended excerpt.  But, please, don’t just read the excerpt and move on.  If you have ever marched in protest, delivered a manager’s letter, or signed a petition in support of Fair Food, you really do owe it to yourself to read the article in its entirety (which can be found at the website) and celebrate, for a moment, the progress you have helped wrought: Tomato Workers in Florida Remake an Industry Jon Esformes, one of the largest tomato producers in the nation, is a vocal champion for a worker-led campaign to remake his industry and create good jobs for some of the most vulnerable people in America. Why? Because raising the floor for farmworkers will help grow his business and reinvigorate a once-dominant industry struggling in the face of global competition... Head over to the website for Policy Link's full article!