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An Update on Events in Peru and Upcoming Free Trade Agreement Negotiations with Colombia

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on June 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Friends, The response from this blog to Obama protesting the massacre in Peru earlier this month was stunning. THANK YOU. Here is an update from our friends at the Quixote Center:   Thank you again for your strong response to our urgent action alert in response to the June 5th massacre of indigenous protestors in [...]

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Monsanto Teams with Dole: Who Says You Can’t Fool Mother Nature?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on June 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I just learned of the following news from Fresh Cut Magazine:   Monsanto Co. has entered into a collaboration with Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc. to develop new products that will enhance consumer vegetable choices. The five-year collaboration will focus on broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce and spinach. Plant breeding will be used to improve the nutrition, flavor, [...]

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Local and Fair: Are the Underlying Values Complimentary?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on June 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »

    I’m on vacation this week! So it might be quiet on the blog, but I wanted to leave you all with this question: do you think the goals of the Buy Local movement and the Fair Trade movement are more compatible than they are contradictory? Underneath the slogans and the sound bytes, it [...]

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Peru Update from CECOVASA’s Export Manager

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on June 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The following letter (translated from its original Spanish) was sent to us earlier this week from Miguel Paz, Export Manager for CECOVASA, long-time friend and business partner of Equal Exchange. Click here to read more about a past visit to CECOVASA.   Dear Friends, I’m sending you a few comments from Peru. Politically, the situation [...]

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Buy Fair, Vote Fair: Act Now to Ensure that Congress Makes All Trade FAIR

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The TRADE Act, one of the few positive trade bills to come before Congress in a long time, could be voted on ANY DAY now. Our friends at the American Friends Service Committee have sent out this alert. Please take a moment to call your representatives and ask them to cosponsor the bill. It’s truly [...]

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And now… some good news out of Peru

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on June 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Our coffee co-op partner, CECOVASA has just received an award for the impact their work has had on promoting and protecting bio-diversity in the region.  The award was presented to them by Alan Garcia Perez, President of Peru.  We have just received the following press release about this impressive accomplishment which we have translated below from its original [...]

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It’s Dole vs. Bananas

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on June 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I just learned about a new documentary, “Bananas” that is supposed to be released this Saturday at the L.A. Film Festival. I say “supposed to be” because even before its official release, the film has hit a nerve for the Dole Food Company, the largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world. And they [...]

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Supply Chains and Farmworkers’ Rights: Whose responsibility?

Posted in Uncategorized on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The following press release from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers announces a letter recently sent to Chipotle CEO, Steve Ells asking him to do more to ensure improved working conditions and higher wages for farmworkers. Rob Everts, Equal Exchange Co-Director, joins more than 2 dozen leading sustainable food activists in signing the letter which follows. [...]

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Reject the Killing and Environmental Destruction: Please send your letter today!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on June 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Our friends at the Quixote Center have sent the following letter which I would like to share with all of you.  Please take a few moments to add your voice to those who are protesting the brutal massacre of those Peruvians who were protesting the passage of new laws that allow multi-national control over indigenous [...]

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Dilemmas of a Fair Trade Banana Enthusiast

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on June 10, 2009 | 8 Comments »

If you’ve been reading the blog last week, you know that I’ve been a bit obsessed with bananas lately. I think it’s because there’s exciting news and some really troubling dealings – all going on simultaneously in today’s world of bananas. That these actions are occupying the same moment in time has caused me to [...]

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