CECOVASA, one of Equal Exchange’s small farmer coffee co-operative partners, just celebrated an important milestone: the completion of a processing plant owned and controlled by the members themselves. The plant measures 25 by 50 meters and will begin operation [...]
Archive for February, 2009
“We Own It:” CECOVASA celebrates the inauguration of their own coffee processing plant
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cecovasa, Peru on February 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Join in Solidarity with Organizations in Chiapas: Community activists face harassment and intimidation
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chiapas, CIEPAC on February 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This week we received a letter from our friends at the Center for Economic & Political Research for Community Action (CIEPAC) in Chiapas with an update of the on-going repression (including death threats) that members of their staff, and community leaders with whom they work, have been experiencing. CIEPAC has been an organizational ally of Equal Exchange [...]
Small Farmer Coffee Keeps Southern Ecuador Green
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ecuador, environmental protection, Fair Trade coffee, FAPECAFES, organic coffee, small farmer co-operative on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been several years now since I traveled to southern Ecuador to visit one of our farmer co-operative partners, the Federation of Ecological Coffee Producer Associations in the Southern Region (FAPECAFES), but it’s a visit I still remember well. I’m sharing it here because I think that many of the issues are still very relevant [...]
The Equal Exchange Café Grand Opening: Come have a look!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Equal Exchange cafe on February 13, 2009 | 11 Comments »
The opening was a great success! We had chocolate tastings, coffee cuppings, baked goods samplings, demos, coffee brewing classes and… of course… the Gala reception with music, food, friends, family, and neighbors! Thanks for making it such a success! For those of you who couldn’t be there…. we invite you to brew yourself a cup [...]
Hundreds of Organizations Unite to Support a New Day in Trade Policy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged free trade agreements on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Equal Exchange joins over 345 other faith, farm, environmental & labor groups with a pledge to continue pressing for trade policy reforms. The following press release, from Citizens Trade Campaign, describes this impressive campaign to convert free trade agreements into fair trade policies. For Immediate Release Friday, February 6th, 2009 Washington D.C. [...]
Equal Exchange Opens our First Café in Boston
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Equal Exchange cafe on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At 226 Causeway St., the café is located between the historic North End and the TD Banknorth Garden, home of the reigning NBA champions – the Boston Celtics. A street-level storefront, the building houses many businesses and organizations in the floors above. Cafés are one of a number of ways we hope to engage consumers [...]
Another reflection on small farmer co-operatives: a vehicle for democracy and local control
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fair Trade, small farmer co-operative on February 5, 2009 | 7 Comments »
As the (former) Producer Relations Coordinator at Equal Exchange, people are always asking me why we choose to focus our relationships and purchasing strategies on small farmer co-operatives. Most people familiar with Fair Trade understand the critical importance that higher prices, advance credit and direct relationships have on growers. Through decades of organizing, educating, and [...]
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