Denver - Cafe Society - Tomatoes thrown at Chipotle miss target

This week's Time magazine story on "America's Food Crisis and How to Fix It" cites Chipotle, Denver's homegrown success story, as one of the companies doing things right -- which made yesterday's petition delivery to Chipotle headquarters in LoDo, calling on the company to work with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, go splat. Full Story »

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by Nick Glasowiski - Aug. 24, 2009

Abysmal: Jounalist cites only 1 secondary source: a Time magazine interview Chipotle's CEO gave on a related topic. Chipotle is only the lesser of two subjects of the article. More, the author misses the real story here: Chipotle is doing some good things, but not others, and is getting flak for it - this exposes the conflict within the movement for sustainability and fair food.

Chipotle doesn't have a leg to stand on - many other companies have done what they refuse to do. The CIW is an internationally-recognized, well-respected labor rights organization that has an agenda endorsed by the likes of Jimmy Carter and almost every published expert on food sustainability out there.

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