As the year 2008 comes to a close, the world must cope with a recent assertion made by the Food and Agriculture Organization that “one billion people will go hungry around the globe next year for the first time in human history…” This shameful scenario was presented in the December 28th issue of The Independent: [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Fair Trade, Food Sovereignty and the Food Crisis
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agribusiness, Alternative Trade Organizations, co-operatives, Fair Trade, food crisis, food sovereignty, small farmers on December 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
CECOVASA’S General Assemblies
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cecovasa, Fair Trade coffee co-operative, Peru on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ever wondered what happens at a General Assembly of coffee producers? Well, I’m not saying that the following report is typical… but Miguel Paz, Export Manager of CECOVASA, one of Equal Exchange’s coffee co-operative partners located in the south of Peru, gives his version of this year’s meetings. His account was published October 14th, on [...]
What Lurks Behind the Label, Part II
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food co-operative, organic industry on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The picture gets even clearer now as we dig a little deeper behind those grocery items…Many thanks to Madre Naturaleza for her informative – and gripping – storry that’s keeping us on the edge of our seats. To start the story from the beginning, click here. December 5, 2008 by Madre Naturaleza and first printed [...]
Food Democracy 201: What Lurks Behind the Label, Part I
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food co-operatives, organic industry on December 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Earlier today, I let you know about an exciting new website, Fair Food Fight. They’ve got some great posts that will get your blood boiling. This one, What Lurks Behind the Label, Part I by Madre Naturaleza, is sure to get your hair standing on end – but that’s a good thing. Education is power. [...]
Lookin’ for a Fight?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agribusiness, food co-operatives, organic industry on December 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Tired of carefully selecting your organic groceries only to learn that the cool, independent company you thought you were supporting (along with their commitment to your health and to the right livelihood of the product’s growers), was in fact bought out by some multi-national conglomerate earning mind-numbing profits, pushing pesticides, buying seed patents, maybe even [...]
President-elect Obama presented with urgent “Call to Action” to end food crisis
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fair Trade, food crisis, solidarity economy on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our food system is broken. One billion people across the globe face hunger and food insecurity. On October 15th, World Food Day, a group of food, farm, labor, and justice organizations from across the US put forth a Call to Action calling on the next administration to take rapid steps to address the food crisis through fundamental [...]
The Rains in Riosucio
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ASPROCAFE Ingruma, Colombia, Fair Trade coffee co-operative, organic coffee on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The following post was sent to us by Todd Caspersen, Equal Exchange’s Director of Purchasing, on his recent trip to visit our farmer partners in Colombia. Riosucio, Colombia December 5th 2008 View of Supia, Caldas… one of the towns where our coffee producer partners grow our Organic Colombian coffee How do you tell a [...]
Fair Trade Gift Ideas
Posted in Fair Trade, Uncategorized, tagged Fair Trade on December 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Article written by Esther West, Interfaith Program Representative and Ashley Symons, Marketing Writer This time of year especially, consumers have the power to participate in a movement that supports long-term partner relationships based on equality, environmental sustainability, and democratic business structures via co-operatives. Here are some ideas for holiday gifts that truly keep on giving. [...]
The Next Frontier
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bananas, Fair Trade on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t worry that America underestimates the gravity of the economic situation in which we find ourselves. I do worry that Americans will be content looking to the government to “bail us out”. Barack Obama, even with the sharpest team of economists and thinkers of our time, cannot solve our problems without the support, and [...]
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