The Banana Land Campaign In Coordination with: International Rights Advocates, La Isla Foundation, The Affected Film Series, and Law Offices of Conrad and Scherer: “My men were contacted on a regular basis by Chiquita or Dole administrators to respond to a criminal act or address some other problems. We would also get calls from the [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Banana Land Campaign Launch Party
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Banana Land Campaign, bananas, Chiquita Brands, DOLE on November 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Enjoy Cranberries this Thanksgiving!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged organic cranberries on November 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This Thanksgiving holiday, take a break from the big meals, football, and family time to enjoy this very fun, one-minute video about our tasty dried organic cranberries (fresh from the Mann Farm in southeastern Massachusetts). The video was produced by Ashley Symons, Equal Exchange marketing writer, following our trip last month to visit the Manns and their [...]
Visit to Mondragon, Part 2
Posted in Uncategorized on November 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
By Aaron Dawson, Equal Exchange Interfaith Customer Service Manager For my second post about Mondragon, I would like to talk about the 6th co-operative principle: cooperation among co-operatives. Mondragon has done amazing work with cooperating amongst the different co-ops within their network, but they’ve also faced challenges. I was blown away by Mondragon’s network of [...]
A Tour of Indian Small Farmer Tea Projects
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged small farmer tea, Tea Promoters of India on November 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Well folks, We’ve just completed a very fun and information-packed 10-day visit to India where four of us from Equal Exchange had the opportunity to visit our partners, Tea Promoters of India (TPI). We spent a week visiting a handful of the tea gardens, small farmer co-operatives and factories in Darjeeling and Dooars that are [...]
Food Safety Action Alert — Act Now!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Food safety, National Organic Coalition on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Food Safety Action legislation currently being considered by Congress will have a profound impact on our farmer partners here and abroad. Equal Exchange is a member of the National Organic Coalition mentioned below, and we have been working hard to keep the most onerous provisions out of the bill.
Cranberry Farming: It Ain’t No Field Trip
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Organic cranberry farming on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following article was written by Andrew Kessel, Equal Exchange Sales Representative “…Something will grow, but it might be weeds. I’ve put so much money into this it’s daunting; definitely not a shoe-in…you throw your heart out there and hope for the best.” Monica Mann Growing up in Vermont I was fortunate (although at [...]
Alternative Economic Models: What do Food Co-ops and Fair Trade have in common?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last week, the Fair Trade world was all a-buzz from an interview with Franz Van der Hoff , one of the original founders of the movement. The interview sparked many discussions about the difference between a poverty alleviation model of Fair Trade and one which has economic transformation at its core. A few days later, [...]
Manning the Farm
Posted in Uncategorized on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Photos and Story by Ashley Symons, Equal Exchange On Oct. 27, a group of us from Equal Exchange visited Mann Farms, the supplier for our organic cranberries in Wareham, Mass. They were kind enough to show us around their bogs and facilities during the busy harvesting season, which only lasts 3-4 weeks and is extremely [...]
Banana Revolutions, Coups, Price Wars… and Fair Trade?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bananas. There’s a lot going on in the industry right now… and if it weren’t so tragic, it could almost be entertaining. Dole goes Fair Trade while at the same time advertising the World’s Largest Banana Display selling bananas for 20 cents/pound. That’s right, 20 cents a pound… and that leaves… how many pennies for [...]
A Timely Visit to Mondragon
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Mondragon, United Steelworkers, worker-owner co-operatives on November 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The following article was written by Aaron Dawson, Equal Exchange Customer Service Manager and former Worker-Owner Coordinator. It seems somewhat ironic that exactly a week after I return from my St. Mary’s Master of Management – Cooperatives and Credit Unions study tour of Mondragon, Spain, where the world’s largest formalized network of worker co-ops [...]
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