The Beard awards are widely considered to be the Oscars of the food world. The awards were established more than 30 years ago to honor the country’s top restaurants, chefs, cookbook authors, broadcasters, and journalists, and grew so large that the Media Awards is now a separate event, recognizing cookbooks, television shows, podcasts, print and online media, and more.
Moran’s incisive piece about Florida’s ban of farmworker heat protections explored the Fair Food Program (FFP), a successful grassroots effort to implement alternative protections for Florida farmworkers.
Former Staff Reporter Grey Moran accepts a James Beard Foundation Media Award on Saturday for their win in the Health and Wellness category.
We’ve long reported on the FFP, an initiative of the state’s legendary Coalition of Immokalee Workers, which helps build equity, respect, and transparency into the food supply chain. The farmworkers draft their own workplace safety rules, reflecting the hazards they face in the workplace, and they can report any violations to a third-party council that is available around the clock. Consumers who buy food with the FFP certification can rest assured that those farmworkers have a say in implementing and defending their own rights as the threat of extreme heat deepens.
