The following is the transcript from the 60 Minutes Show (May 11, 2008) that I mentioned in my last blog piece: Unpeeling Chiquita and Dole. You can also view a video of the show by going to the CBS news website. Below is the transcript printed in its entirety. 60 Minutes The Price [...]
Archive for May, 2009
The Price of Bananas
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged banana plantations, Chiquita Brands, Colombia, DOLE on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Unpeeling Chiquita and Dole
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chiquita, DOLE, Fair Trade bananas on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, I posted an Action Alert asking folks to write Attorney General Eric Holder demanding that an investigation be conducted into Dole Food Company’s alleged hiring of the AUC, a paramilitary group in Colombia, to act as a “local police force” in and around the company’s Magdalena banana plantations. According to a letter we received [...]
Action Alert: Demand Investigation of Dole Food Company
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged banana plantations, Colombia, DOLE on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you purchase bananas with a Chiquita or Dole sticker on them, you’re not alone. Nevertheless, or better yet, because we eat these bananas, I’d like to ask you to please read the following letter from an old friend, Bob Perillo, who has spent the past 20 years or so in the struggle for worker [...]
Bananas: How can something so good be so bad?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged banana industry, banana plantations on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bananas. Most of us eat them on a regular basis. But do we take the time to learn where they come from? Who grows them and under what conditions? Are they grown with care for the environment and the health of workers and consumers? Who profits from their sale? I lived in Costa Rica [...]
White House Organic Garden of Death
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System, for posting this 4-minute video from the Daily Show on his blog. Be sure to read the comments following the video…
Small farmer co-ops cultivate democracy – it’s in their roots
Posted in Uncategorized on May 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following article is an edited version of a blog entry posted several months ago. In honor of World Fair Trade Day (month), we are running it again. Happy Spring! This May, we celebrate World Fair Trade Day. We’re excited to honor all that we co-operatives have accomplished to support small farmers. Yet, [...]
World Fair Trade Day 2009– Reflect & Celebrate
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged World Fair Trade Day on May 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following reflection was offered by Andrew Kessel, Natural Foods Account Representative, Equal Exchange What is your food co-op, favorite place to get a cup of coffee, or house of worship doing this Saturday for World Fair Trade Day? Danica Yacik, from the Bound Brook Presbyterian Church in Middlesex, NJ It is no [...]
Commemorate World Fair Trade Day with Two Education-for-Action Resources Designed to Foster Real Change in Our Global Food System!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fair Trade, food sovereignty, World Fair Trade Day on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow is World Fair Trade Day and it seemed a great time to let you know about two exciting educational resources designed to foster real change in our global food system. The first is an exciting tool focused on Fair Trade for parents, teachers and activists who would like to bring social justice to the [...]
In Their Own Words: Equal Exchange’s Co-op Partners Reflect on Their Visit to Mexico – Part I
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged CESMACH, food co-ops, small farmer co-ops, co-op supply chain on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last month we reposted an article, “From Farmer Co-ops to Food Co-ops: The Struggle for Fair Trade” written by Steve Stroup, Member Services and Outreach Coordinator at Bloomingfoods Co-op which was originally printed on their website about a difficult, yet inspiring trip a small group of us from Equal Exchange and food co-op partners took [...]
Factory Farming: What’s good about it?
Posted in Uncategorized on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this week I went to the doctor for my routine annual physical. Because we’ve known each other for years, and he’s aware that my job includes a great deal of international travel, he started us off with the usual small talk. “Where’ve you been recently?” “Mexico and Nicaragua,” I responded. Suddenly he seemed a [...]
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