If you’ve been reading the blog last week, you know that I’ve been a bit obsessed with bananas lately. I think it’s because there’s exciting news and some really troubling dealings – all going on simultaneously in today’s world of bananas. That these actions are occupying the same moment in time has caused me to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Chiquita’
Dilemmas of a Fair Trade Banana Enthusiast
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chiquita, DOLE, Fair Trade certified bananas, small farmer banana co-ops on June 10, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Unpeeling Chiquita and Dole
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chiquita, DOLE, Fair Trade bananas on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, I posted an Action Alert asking folks to write Attorney General Eric Holder demanding that an investigation be conducted into Dole Food Company’s alleged hiring of the AUC, a paramilitary group in Colombia, to act as a “local police force” in and around the company’s Magdalena banana plantations. According to a letter we received [...]
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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