This news was too exciting not to post on the blog! For immediate release: EQUAL EXCHANGE WINS THREE AWARDS FOR ITS SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES WEST BRIDGEWATER, Massachusetts – March 26, 2009 - In the span of less than four weeks, Equal Exchange, the worker co-operative best known for introducing Fair Trade coffee to U.S. [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Equal Exchange Wins Three Awards for its Social & Environmental Practices
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Equal Exchange cafe, green business, worker-owned business on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(Co-operative) Value Added
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged CESMACH, coffee co-operative, El Triunfo Biosphere, Fair Trade, women's economic development on March 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
By Nicholas Reid, Natural Foods Sales Representative “For me, it’s all about co-ops. I just want to go back and teach co-op.” -Margaret Mills, Grocery Manager, People’s Food Co-op, Lacrosse, Wisconsin This March, I had the honor of visiting a community of our farmer partners in Chiapas, Mexico. No one could summarize my feelings about [...]
Celebrate International Women’s Day
Posted in Fair Trade, small farmer co-operatives, Uncategorized, tagged co-op, Equal Exchange, Fair Trade, small farmers, women on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8 every year to recognize the economic, political and social achievements of women around the world. Equal Exchange is proud to support women-centered projects through our work with small farmer co-ops. Today we’re highlighting a few of them. From income diversity to leadership training, these projects represent the [...]
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