Momentum is building across the country and across industries for fair livelihoods and decent work for all people - including farmworkers, who have historically been excluded from too many protections. As this movement for fair work spreads, we

Milking the Planet: Big Dairy Fuels the Climate Crisis

Dec 14th, 2021 29m 51s

Industrial animal agriculture is fueling the climate crisis, with food and farming systems accounting for one third of global greenhouse gas emissions. And while big dairy operations are contributing to climate change, they are also impacting t

Get Big or Get Out: Dairy Farmers of America

Nov 30th, 2021 45m 14s

Dairy is big business. And while the workers and small-scale dairy farmers are getting squeezed out, those at the top are reaping the benefits and getting even richer. Farmers originally organized cooperatives to build power and market share. B

Squeezed Out: Small Dairy Farmers in Crisis

Nov 16th, 2021 39m 33s

There’s a crisis in the dairy industry – shrinking family farms, growing corporate consolidation, and low milk prices. And while the new “fair trade dairy” label depicts rolling green hills and picturesque red barns – that imagery is nothing m

Milk with Dignity: Real Change Takes Time

Nov 2nd, 2021 42m 51s

The products you see at the grocery store with labels that promise to protect people and the planet don’t tell the full story. And oftentimes those labels are full of empty promises. But what if there was another way to ensure products are sour

Fair Trade Dairy: A False Solution

Oct 19th, 2021 26m 45s

Crispin Hernandez and the Workers' Center of Central New York won historic legal protections for farmworkers in Episode 1. Now they take their demands to Chobani’s doorstep, backed by a detailed report. But instead of negotiating with workers,

“No Blood for Milk” - Dairy Workers Call on Chobani for Justice

Oct 19th, 2021 28m 57s

There’s an idyllic, pastoral image that runs through dairy marketing. Green hills, red barns, black and white cows: that’s the image that the new “Fair Trade Dairy” label is selling. But that label papers over a long history of exploitation. Th

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Season 2 Trailer

Oct 13th, 2021 1m 44s

Chobani and Fair Trade USA recently released a new “fair trade dairy” label that claims to promote worker wellbeing. But farm workers reveal the hidden costs of unfair dairy. This season, we’re unpacking the real solutions to the dairy industry

How We Hold Corporations Accountable

Apr 27th, 2021 1h 10m

In the course of this series, we’ve seen the ways that corporate goodwill alone is not enough to ensure fair livelihoods for farmers, or to protect the planet that we all share. Nestle, and so many other corporations, are ready to dodge commitm

Money and Power: The Unnamed Ingredients

Apr 13th, 2021 48m

The world’s biggest chocolate companies have been promising to end child labor in their supply chains for decades. In that time, they’ve thrown their support behind shiny public relations campaigns to gloss over the problem. They’ve set deadlin

Building the Campaign Against Nestle

Mar 30th, 2021 40m 27s

In this episode, we head to York, England, where Nestle’s UK KitKat bars are manufactured. Here, we speak with the campaigner who successfully brought international attention to Nestle’s decision to drop Fairtrade certification. When Nestle fir

Fair Trade: From Movement to Market

Mar 16th, 2021 33m 28s

With so many companies making fair trade, ethical, and sustainability claims, it can be difficult to navigate the nuance from one label to the next. In this episode, we’re taking a break from the ingredients in the KitKat bar to look at the lab

Palm Oil: Industrial Destruction, Regenerative Promise

Mar 2nd, 2021 50m 41s

Palm oil is everywhere—it’s in chocolate bars, packaged foods, even beauty care products and biofuels. But its ubiquity has come at the expense of forest communities whose lands have been stolen and subsequently destroyed, fueling human rights

Sugar: Building a Sweeter Future

Feb 16th, 2021 49m 20s

From the trans-Atlantic slave trade to present-day trade policies, sugar is a crop that has shaped a lot of the world—and it continues to have very big, real-life consequences for the communities that grow it. This is episode 2 of Nestle’s KitK

Chocolate: A Crisis of Capitalism

Feb 1st, 2021 1h

For decades, Nestle has been cited again and again for human rights abuses and environmental devastation caused by its supply chains. Despite that, they still manage to make all kinds of ethical claims that would have you believe otherwise. At

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Season 1 Trailer

Dec 2nd, 2020 1m 57s

Behind every single thing you wear, eat, and use there are countless untold stories. On For a Better World, you’ll hear from farmers, workers, and activists around the globe as they reveal the hidden costs of everyday items. And you’ll hear fro