Those of you who have been enjoying our delicious rooibos tea, purchased directly from the small scale farmer organizations of Heiveld and Wupperthal in South Africa, may also be familiar with the work that the farmers are doing to mitigate the effects of the warming climate on their production. Equal Exchange has been supporting the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘climate change’
Heiveld Rooibos Finalist for BBC World Challenge
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged BBC World Challenge, climate change, Heiveld, rooibos, South Africa on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Listening to the Birds
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged climate change, Fair Trade coffee, farmer livelihoods, migratory song birds, organic coffee, small-scale co-operatives on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By now, many of us are well aware that Fair Trade products provide small-scale farmers with higher prices, access to credit, technical assistance, global markets, and solidarity networks. Most of us here at Equal Exchange enjoy a daily cup (or more) of fine coffee. And knowing how incredibly labor intensive coffee cultivation is, we deeply [...]
An invitation to transform our food system
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged climate change, co-operative economy, Fair Trade, food system, small farmers on May 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Equal Exchange was founded 22 years ago to change the way business is carried out and trade is conducted; to expand and deepen the opportunities for consumers and producers to relate to each other; and to change an anonymous, corporate-controlled food system to one in which each participant is treated with respect and dignity, and [...]
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