The following is the transcript from the 60 Minutes Show (May 11, 2008) that I mentioned in my last blog piece: Unpeeling Chiquita and Dole. You can also view a video of the show by going to the CBS news website. Below is the transcript printed in its entirety. 60 Minutes The Price [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Colombia’
The Price of Bananas
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged banana plantations, Chiquita Brands, Colombia, DOLE on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Action Alert: Demand Investigation of Dole Food Company
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged banana plantations, Colombia, DOLE on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you purchase bananas with a Chiquita or Dole sticker on them, you’re not alone. Nevertheless, or better yet, because we eat these bananas, I’d like to ask you to please read the following letter from an old friend, Bob Perillo, who has spent the past 20 years or so in the struggle for worker [...]
The Rains in Riosucio
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ASPROCAFE Ingruma, Colombia, Fair Trade coffee co-operative, organic coffee on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The following post was sent to us by Todd Caspersen, Equal Exchange’s Director of Purchasing, on his recent trip to visit our farmer partners in Colombia. Riosucio, Colombia December 5th 2008 View of Supia, Caldas… one of the towns where our coffee producer partners grow our Organic Colombian coffee How do you tell a [...]
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