Small Farmers. Big Change.

Thanks to everyone who called their Senators encouraging them to pass the amendments protecting small farmers!  We will keep you posted next year when the House and Senate have to reconcile their differences. U.S. Senate passes landmark food safety legislation Small-scale farms, producers exempt from costly regulations   by Sustainable Food News November 30, 2010 [...]

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by Peter Buck and Esther West, Interfaith Program Representatives In mid-September, Equal Exchange and Catholic Relief Services co-sponsored a week-long Co-operative Speaker’s tour with Pedro Antonio Ascencio, Member, Farmer, and Marketing Coordinator of Las Colinas Co-operative in Tacuba, El Salvador. The tour included 15 presentations in four states mostly at Catholic churches, schools, or colleges, [...]

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 ”A company – co-operative or corporation it does not matter – cannot start a movement. It is called marketing.” – Fred On October 1, 2010, Equal Exchange and six consumer co-ops launched Principle Six Co-operative Trade Movement. Fair Food Fight picked up the article introducing the new initiative and a skeptical gentleman named Fred accused [...]

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The following post was written by Dary Goodrich, Chocolate Category Manager, and sent to us from Asuncion, Paraguay. Never in my wildest dreams did I believe I would someday find myself in the country of Paraguay. In fact, when I was younger and not expecting that I would travel here later in life, I probably [...]

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