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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bananas’
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 »
Banana Land Campaign Launch Party
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Banana Land Campaign, bananas, Chiquita Brands, DOLE on November 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
It’s Dole vs. Bananas
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bananas, DOLE, Nemagon, pesticides 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 [...]
The Next Frontier
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bananas, Fair Trade on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t worry that America underestimates the gravity of the economic situation in which we find ourselves. I do worry that Americans will be content looking to the government to “bail us out”. Barack Obama, even with the sharpest team of economists and thinkers of our time, cannot solve our problems without the support, and [...]
Fair Trade as a Tool for Transformation: Can plantations play that role?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bananas, Cargill, Chiquita, Fair Trade, plantations, small farmer co-operatives, tea on July 28, 2008 | 12 Comments »
The following post is offered by Nicholas Reid, Sales Representative of the Natural Foods Department at Equal Exchange. His original comments were published in response to a post on GreenLAGirl’s blog about the Business Week article, “Is Fair Trade Becoming ‘Fair Trade Lite’?”. At Equal Exchange we feel strongly that small-scale sustainable farming is the [...]
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