In 2010, in lieu of a traditional Encuentro, SFA leaders made the decision to host a smaller and more intensive Strategy Retreat. Over the course of four days, more than 40 members of the SFA network gathered in Immokalee and nearby LaBelle to engage in pivotal discussions, network with one another, build skills to help their local organizing, and strategize about the year ahead in the CIW's national supermarket campaign.

Indeed, the Retreat was designed to strengthen SFA's foundations and build new ideas to keep SFA effective and relevant as we move into this unchartered territory (after 10 years of unprecedented victories in the fast-food and foodservice industries).

Coming out of the Retreat, SFA is poised more than ever to send a clear message to Publix, Kroger, Trader Joe's and Ahold that they will not be allowed to continue shelving their responsibility to eliminate the abuses that have plagued their tomato supply chains for far too long.

Click through the photo gallery below for a glimpse into what was a very productive and inspiring weekend (and don't forget to check out the captions)!