Student/farmworker Alliance

What Student/farmworker Alliance does

Student/Farmworker Alliance (SFA) is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization founded in 2005 and headquartered in Immokalee, Florida, that operates as a national network of young people organizing to support farmworker-led campaigns, education, leadership development, and advocacy. The organization works in solidarity with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a worker-led human rights organization recognized for combatting forced labor, sexual harassment, and wage theft in agriculture. SFA serves as the student/youth mobilization wing of the CIW's Campaign for Fair Food, channeling college-age organizers through campus chapters, a 15-20 member Steering Committee, immersion trips to Immokalee, FL, and an annual national Encuentro convention.

SFA's core offerings are programmatic rather than technological: education via presentations and workshops, leadership development through the Steering Committee and Immokalee internship program (which provides stipends and housing), and direct-action campaigns targeting specific corporations. Active campaigns include the Wendy's Boycott and "Boot the Braids" university-contract campaign, the Kroger Campaign, and the Publix Campaign — all aimed at pressuring these retailers to join the CIW's Fair Food Program. In 2026, SFA launched the Fair Food University campaign and continues the decade-long Encuentro tradition scheduled for October 2-4, 2026 in Immokalee. Supporting resources include a downloadable action toolkit (chant sheets, postcards, manager letters, campaign guides) and educational content distributed digitally.

SFA's revenue model is nonprofit in structure, drawing primarily from individual donations processed through the EveryAction platform, supplemented by e-commerce merchandise sales via the SFA Store (union-made t-shirts at $25-$30, pin/sticker packs at $10, and tumblers at $20). The organization maintains 1-10 staff, is privately held with no parent company, and operates nationally through volunteer-driven campus chapters. It carries no proprietary technology products, holds no patents, and earns no revenue from licensing or contracts.

Name

Student/farmworker Alliance

Legal name

Student/Farmworker Alliance

Website

https://sfalliance.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Student/Farmworker Alliance is a U.S. nonprofit network organizing young people and students in solidarity with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to advance the Fair Food Program through campus chapters, leadership development, immersion trips, and corporate accountability campaigns targeting Wendy's, Kroger, and Publix.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Justice Advocacy / Nonprofit Campaign Organization

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (61171), Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Engagement & Social Integration Programs (Clubs, Events, Volunteering) (EDAIAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Life Skills & SEL Camps (Confidence, Executive Function, Social Skills) (EDAMALAO)

Keywords

• Farmworker advocacy
• Youth organizing
• Fair food program
• Worker rights campaigns
• Social justice nonprofit

Headquarters

HQ city

Immokalee

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: The organization accepts donations through EveryAction platform to support farmworker justice movement activities.
2. Merchandise Sales (SFA Store): SFA sells branded merchandise including t-shirts ($25-$30), pins/stickers ($10), and tumblers ($20) to supporters. Merch is described as made by small business partners who support ethically sourced labor and materials.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Student/Farmworker Alliance is a national network of young people that organizes in solidarity with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to support the Fair Food Program. It delivers education, leadership development, and direct-action campaigns — including the Wendy's Boycott, Kroger Campaign, Publix Campaign, and "Boot the Braids" university contracting effort — alongside a Steering Committee, Immokalee-based internship program, immersion visits, on-campus presentations, and an annual national gathering called the SFA Encuentro. Merchandise is sold through the SFA Store to sustain the movement.

Product overview

Student/Farmworker Alliance is a national network focused on organizing young people to build a food system based on justice, respect, and dignity for farmworkers. The organization operates primarily through advocacy campaigns (Wendy's Boycott, Kroger Campaign, Publix Campaign), educational programs (Fair Food University, presentations, immersion visits), and leadership development (Steering Committee, internship program). The core offerings include the Campaign for Fair Food, which urges major food retailers to join the CIW's Fair Food Program, supplemented by the SFA Store for merchandise sales, the annual ENCUENTRO event, and downloadable organizing resources. The organization works in solidarity with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to advance worker-driven social responsibility in the agricultural industry.

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Products and services

• SFA Store (Merchandise) Online merchandise store offering union-made t-shirts (SFA T-Shirt $25; Justice for Farmworkers T-Shirt $30), Fair Food Tumbler ($20), and Pin + Sticker Packs ($10). Proceeds support the Campaign for Fair Food. Available to supporters nationwide via the website.
• Immokalee Internship Program Seasonal internship program based in Immokalee, FL for students and young people to work directly with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers on the Campaign for Fair Food. Interns commit to 2-4 month placements and receive a bi-weekly stipend and free housing.
• Annual SFA Encuentro Annual weekend gathering that brings students and young people from across the country to Immokalee, FL for learning, skill-building, and solidarity in the farmworker justice movement. Participants connect with farmworker and student leaders and develop strategy to bring campus organizing into the movement for Fair Food.
• Immersion Visits and Alternative Breaks Alternative-break trips to Immokalee, FL where students and youth groups learn firsthand about CIW's work and the farmworker movement. Visits range from a few hours to several days and are coordinated for dozens of student groups annually during spring, winter, and summer breaks.
• Presentations and Campus Events Educational service offering farmworker guest speakers, virtual events, class presentations, campus-wide plenary sessions, and student-organized actions. Available to colleges, universities, and student groups on request.

Quantifiable outcome

• Boot the Bell campaign (2001-2005) resulted in multiple universities severing contracts with Wendy's, demonstrating early campaign success.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFA organizes in solidarity with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a worker-led human rights organization recognized for its impact in combatting abuses in the agriculture industry. SFA serves as the student/youth wing of CIW's Campaign for Fair Food, providing campus organizing support, leadership development, and solidarity actions. The CIW accepts internship applications for summer, fall, and spring programs based in Immokalee, FL. SFA's annual Encuentro and immersion visits are centered at the CIW Community Center in Immokalee.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• HEAL Food Alliance: HEAL is a multi-stakeholder coalition of food-system workers, farmers, and advocates pursuing corporate accountability and policy change in the food sector. It overlaps with SFA on food-system justice campaigns and shared base of farmworker and food-worker member organizations.
• Mijente: Mijente is a Latinx organizing hub that builds power through campaigns on immigration, criminalization, and corporate accountability, often engaging students and young people. It shares a base of Latinx student and farmworker-adjacent constituencies with SFA and pursues similar corporate-target accountability tactics.
• Sunrise Movement: Sunrise is a youth-led movement organizing on climate through campus hubs, leadership development, and direct action against corporations. While climate-focused, it shares SFA's playbook of building student chapters, leadership pipelines, and corporate accountability campaigns targeting specific industry holdouts.

Direct peers

• Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW): SFA explicitly organizes in solidarity with CIW and serves as its student/youth wing; the two share the Fair Food Program mission and jointly drive the Campaign for Fair Food against the same corporate targets. CIW is SFA's closest mission-aligned partner and the source of its worker-led legitimacy.
• United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS): USAS is a student-led network organizing against sweatshop labor in apparel and other supply chains, using campus chapters and corporate accountability campaigns. It shares SFA's playbook of leveraging university purchasing power and student activism against labor abuses in global supply chains.
• Fair Food Standards Council: The Fair Food Standards Council implements and audits the Fair Food Program that SFA's campaigns are designed to expand. It is the monitoring backbone of the worker-driven social responsibility model SFA promotes, making it a deeply mission-coupled peer in the same ecosystem.
• Student Action with Farmworkers: Student Action with Farmworkers directly mirrors SFA's model of student-farmworker solidarity, running internships, immersion trips, and advocacy campaigns from a base in the U.S. Southeast. It targets similar student-volunteer constituencies around agricultural justice issues.
• Migrant Justice: Migrant Justice runs the "Milk with Dignity" worker-driven social responsibility program, which is structurally parallel to CIW's Fair Food Program and targets dairy supply chains rather than produce. It pursues similar corporate accountability campaigns with farmworker leadership at the center.
• ROC United (Restaurant Opportunities Centers): ROC United organizes restaurant workers and consumers for improved wages and working conditions across the food industry. It shares SFA's worker-center-plus-consumer-campaign model and its focus on supply-chain accountability in food retail, though it targets restaurants rather than farms.

Broad incumbents

• United Farm Workers (UFW): UFW is the most established U.S. farmworker advocacy and labor organization, pursuing worker-driven accountability in agriculture through union contracts, legislation, and consumer campaigns. It operates at significantly larger scale and broader scope than SFA but shares the core mission of advancing farmworker rights against corporate agribusiness.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sfalliance
• YouTubeyoutube.com/ciwvideo
• Facebookfacebook.com/sfalliance
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sfalliance
• Instagraminstagram.com/sfalliance

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