Rita York, General Manager of the Community Mercantile, a food co-operative in Lawrence, Kansas sent the following note to Jeanie Wells, former GM who now works here with us: Dear Jeanie: We are so excited to have Equal Exchange Fair Trade Bananas! I attached a few photos for you to see and pass on to [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Equal Exchange Bananas at the Merc!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Community Mercantile, Equal Exchange bananas on April 28, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Where do YOUR bananas come from?
Posted in Uncategorized on April 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As the number of food co-ops and natural food stores carrying Equal Exchange bananas continues to grow, excited shoppers and grocery store staff have been sending us photos of the displays. We get a thrill every time we see our fair trade, organic bananas, direct from El Guabo’s small banana growers in Ecuador, in stores [...]
Organic, Green and Fair Trade… Fundraising?
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The following article was written by Kayleigh DeMello, Fundraising Program Representative Organic, Green and Fair Trade: these are three words you don’t usually find in your kid’s school fundraiser. In a market littered with cheap tricks and even cheaper products, here’s an alternative to making your next fundraiser good for the environment, good for small [...]
April 17th – International Day of Peasants’ Struggles
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged GE foods, International Day of Peasants' Struggles, Lugar-Casey Global Food Security Act, Via Campesina on April 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We received the following letter yesterday from our friends and colleagues at Grassroots International, an organization dedicated to furthering economic, social and human rights by funding global movements for social change. Please take a moment to read the letter and take action now. Dear Friends, As early as next week, the US Senate could vote [...]
More lawsuits filed against Chiquita Brands
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chiquita Brands International on April 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
First Chiquita paid fines of $25 million in 2007 for having paid “protection money” to the AUC, a right wing para-military organization in Colombia who are on the U.S. government’s list of terrorist organizations. (Read more here.) Now they are being sued for having paid money to the FARC, a left wing group also on [...]
Obama Installs Pesticide Lobbyist to Key Post
Posted in Uncategorized on April 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last fall, Equal Exchange joined with more than 80 other organizations, and 90,000 concerned individuals, to register our opposition to the appointment of Islam Siddiqui as Chief Agricultural Negotiator at the U.S. Trade Office. Read more here. We wish to thank all our readers who signed the petition and voiced their concerns. Despite this widespread [...]
Coffee, Tea, and… Paid Sick Leave?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The following post was written by Rob Everts, Co-Director of Equal Exchange. This submission to our Small Farmers Big Change blog is admittedly a divergence from the topics of lively debate encouraged in these pages. Divergent yes, but entirely consistent with the broader mission of Equal Exchange to build a more equitable world. [...]
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