[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@SarahTaber_bww](/creator/twitter/SarahTaber_bww) "This program was so successful others have signed on. McDonald's Burger King Whole Foods Subway Trader Joe's Chipotle Walmart Fresh Market & several food service co's (Compass Aramark Sodexo Bon Appetit) have all agreed to pay an extra $0.01/lb for CIW tomatoes"  [@SarahTaber_bww](/creator/x/SarahTaber_bww) on [X](/post/tweet/1944528289298780445) 2025-07-13 22:44:06 UTC 90.1K followers, XXX engagements "And you know what It took time to get the big food corps to the table. But most of them ultimately signed on. In the end they wound up being a lot more amenable to proper farm wages than farms most of the time"  [@SarahTaber_bww](/creator/x/SarahTaber_bww) on [X](/post/tweet/1944529407890030634) 2025-07-13 22:48:33 UTC 90.1K followers, 1100 engagements "Ex-farm worker here. This whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food" thing Not true AT ALL. Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are. The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour. At $20/hr that's $0.03/lb for labor"  [@SarahTaber_bww](/creator/x/SarahTaber_bww) on [X](/post/tweet/1944526389039784425) 2025-07-13 22:36:33 UTC 90.2K followers, 1.4M engagements "It's absolutely buck-wild to watch the farm sector make themselves the mascots of rural despair. You know how they did that Having the money to buy PR agents & ads to talk about how sad & poor they are. That's kinda messed up if you think about it"  [@SarahTaber_bww](/creator/x/SarahTaber_bww) on [X](/post/tweet/1945951136856379454) 2025-07-17 20:57:59 UTC 90.2K followers, 1681 engagements "The deal Yum Brands would only by from farms that signed onto a fair food program with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. They'd pay extra for those tomatoes & the extra $ would be passed directly to tomato pickers as a raise. This deal nearly doubled tomato pickers' wages"  [@SarahTaber_bww](/creator/x/SarahTaber_bww) on [X](/post/tweet/1944528105038852527) 2025-07-13 22:43:22 UTC 90.1K followers, 52.5K engagements "When corps like Publix do get mad about CIW & fair farm wages it's not bc proper farm wages will put them out of business. It's bc they dislike workers getting ANY wins. It's just generic hostility to workers- not a legitimate threat to their business"  [@SarahTaber_bww](/creator/x/SarahTaber_bww) on [X](/post/tweet/1944529864108982751) 2025-07-13 22:50:21 UTC 90.1K followers, XXX engagements "Let's talk about money's role here. Most Americans think of farmers as poor. That's decades out of date. US farmers' median wealth & take-home income (AFTER farm debts/expenses) are higher than non-farmers In rural counties that can put even small farmers in the upper crust"  [@SarahTaber_bww](/creator/x/SarahTaber_bww) on [X](/post/tweet/1945951034469208205) 2025-07-17 20:57:35 UTC 90.2K followers, 1745 engagements
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"This program was so successful others have signed on. McDonald's Burger King Whole Foods Subway Trader Joe's Chipotle Walmart Fresh Market & several food service co's (Compass Aramark Sodexo Bon Appetit) have all agreed to pay an extra $0.01/lb for CIW tomatoes"
@SarahTaber_bww on X 2025-07-13 22:44:06 UTC 90.1K followers, XXX engagements
"And you know what It took time to get the big food corps to the table. But most of them ultimately signed on. In the end they wound up being a lot more amenable to proper farm wages than farms most of the time" @SarahTaber_bww on X 2025-07-13 22:48:33 UTC 90.1K followers, 1100 engagements
"Ex-farm worker here. This whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food" thing Not true AT ALL. Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are. The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour. At $20/hr that's $0.03/lb for labor" @SarahTaber_bww on X 2025-07-13 22:36:33 UTC 90.2K followers, 1.4M engagements
"It's absolutely buck-wild to watch the farm sector make themselves the mascots of rural despair. You know how they did that Having the money to buy PR agents & ads to talk about how sad & poor they are. That's kinda messed up if you think about it" @SarahTaber_bww on X 2025-07-17 20:57:59 UTC 90.2K followers, 1681 engagements
"The deal Yum Brands would only by from farms that signed onto a fair food program with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. They'd pay extra for those tomatoes & the extra $ would be passed directly to tomato pickers as a raise. This deal nearly doubled tomato pickers' wages" @SarahTaber_bww on X 2025-07-13 22:43:22 UTC 90.1K followers, 52.5K engagements
"When corps like Publix do get mad about CIW & fair farm wages it's not bc proper farm wages will put them out of business. It's bc they dislike workers getting ANY wins. It's just generic hostility to workers- not a legitimate threat to their business" @SarahTaber_bww on X 2025-07-13 22:50:21 UTC 90.1K followers, XXX engagements
"Let's talk about money's role here. Most Americans think of farmers as poor. That's decades out of date. US farmers' median wealth & take-home income (AFTER farm debts/expenses) are higher than non-farmers In rural counties that can put even small farmers in the upper crust" @SarahTaber_bww on X 2025-07-17 20:57:35 UTC 90.2K followers, 1745 engagements