Farmworker Awareness Week Local Farm Pop Up

This week is Farmworker Awareness Week. On Friday, March 29th, we will be featuring some of our favorite local farms with a special seasonal and locally sourced menu:

• Russian Beet-Potato Salad @salad bar & side option @smokehouse, featuring Zuckerman Farms and Terra Firma Farm
• Tempura Asparagus with Soy Dipping Sauce @banchan, featuring Zuckerman Farms
• Herb Salmon with Lemon Fennel Wheat Berry Pilaf & Roasted Carrots with Rainbow Chard @smokehouse, featuring Eatwell Farm, Full Belly Farm, Terra Firma Farm
• Creamy Butternut Squash Fresh Pasta with Sumac Crusted Salmon @cashmere lunch & dinner, featuring Full Belly Farm and Fiddler’s Green Farm
• Walnut Carrot Tea Cake. featuring Terra Firma Farm

Explore 6 actions Bon Appétit has taken in our decades of support for farmworkers’ rights!

1️⃣ In 2001, Bon Appétit became the first food service company to support the boycott of produce grown by NORPAC (the largest food packing and processing cooperative in Oregon).

2️⃣ In 2009, we signed the Fair Food Agreement (FFA) spearheaded by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to ensure better wages and working conditions for tomato pickers in South Florida.

3️⃣ We are a founding member of the Equitable Food Initiative, a multifaceted certification that ensures transparency, better labor standards, and food safety training for workers.

4️⃣ In partnership with the United Farm Workers (UFW), we released a groundbreaking report in 2011 to uncover the gap in labor protections for US farmworkers.

5️⃣ In 2011, we hosted TEDxFruitvale, a one-day conference focused on amplifying the voices of farmworkers and labor movements in the US.

6️⃣ We’ve committed to educating our guests about the harsh realities for farmworkers by shining a spotlight on the issue every March during National Farmworker Awareness Week in collaboration with Student Action with Farmworkers.