Today we received the following letter (translated from Spanish) from Miguel Paz, Export Manager of CECOVASA, one of our small farmer coffee co-operative partners in Juliaca, Peru: Hola compañeros: The year has ended but not the work. But since it’s New Years, we don’t talk of difficult things; rather we wish for [...]
Archive for December, 2009
End of Year Letter from Peru
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cecovasa on December 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Exciting news from our Sri Lankan tea partners
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Biofoods, Fair Trade tea, small farmer tea, SOFA, Sri Lanka on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sarath Ranaweera, Director of Biofoods, a Fair Trade, Organic Tea and Spice organization working with small farmers in Sri Lanka sent holiday greetings to Equal Exchange this morning. He included a bit of exciting news which I’d like to share with you. Three years ago, I visited Sri Lanka with another colleague at Equal Exchange [...]
Give Me A Break… Of That Fair Trade Kit Kat Bar
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fair Trade chocolate, Nestle on December 14, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Opinions were fast and furious last week reacting to Nestle’s decision to source their Kit Kat bars (sold in the UK and Ireland) from Fair Trade certified producers. Below, Nick Reid (Sales Department) adds his voice to the discussion. On December 7th, Nestle SA, the world’s largest food company, announced it will convert their entire line [...]
A Photo Journal of Tea Pluckers in Darjeeling
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Darjeeling, small farmer tea, Tea Promoters of India on December 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We recently returned from a trip to Darjeeling where we were visiting our partners, Tea Promotors of India. TPI is a progressive Indian company with a deep committment to transform the tea industry (still heavily seeped in its colonial legacy) into an empowerment model for small farmers. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be writing a lot [...]
This Holiday: Double the Goodness
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fair Trade gifts on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
News Release Local, Mission-Driven Food Businesses Collaborate To Beat the Recession Boston December 6, 2009―Dancing Deer, the women-led natural baking company and Equal Exchange, the worker-owned Fair Trade pioneer have joined forces to solve your gifting and holiday party needs–all while supporting the local economy and some great causes. The [...]
Small Farmers, Big Ag, and Copenhagen
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Copenhagen, global warming, Islam Siddiqui, small farmers, Via Campesina on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“If we genuinely want to tackle the climate change crisis, the only way we have to go forward is to stop industrial agriculture.” Henry Saragih, General Coordinator, Via Campesina Global talks adressing climate change began this week in Copenhagen. Among the politicians, activists, scientists and others attending the talk are representatives of Via Campesina, the [...]
New Evidence Links Dole Food Company to Paramilitary Assassinations in Colombia
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bananas, Chiquita Brands, Dole Food Company on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We just received a letter today from the Field Office of International Rights Advocates (IRA) with new evidence linking even more strongly Dole Food Company to the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) paramilitaries. The following is an excerpt from this letter urging those involved in the campaign to bring justice to the victims of [...]
A New “Low Carb” Diet for Universities
Posted in Uncategorized on December 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This article first appeared on-line in The Climate Neutral Campus Report. By Rodney North, Marketing, Equal Exchange Which is the greater tool in fighting climate change – the thermostat or the spoon? A bicycle or a fork? Despite all the discussion of the causes and cures for global warming little attention has been given to [...]
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