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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘DOLE’
Banana Land Campaign Launch Party
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Banana Land Campaign, bananas, Chiquita Brands, DOLE on November 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
An example of corporate social responsibility? NOT.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chiquita Brands, DOLE on August 10, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Did anyone see 60 Minutes last night? They re-aired their piece, The Price of Bananas, about how Chiquita Brands paid $12 million in “protection” money over a period of seven years to the paramilitary group, the AUC, in Colombia. The AUC were responsible for thousands of civilian deaths in the region where Chiquita was running [...]
Monsanto Teams with Dole: Who Says You Can’t Fool Mother Nature?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged DOLE, Monsanto on June 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I just learned of the following news from Fresh Cut Magazine: Monsanto Co. has entered into a collaboration with Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc. to develop new products that will enhance consumer vegetable choices. The five-year collaboration will focus on broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce and spinach. Plant breeding will be used to improve the nutrition, flavor, [...]
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 [...]
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 »
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 [...]
The Price of Bananas
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged banana plantations, Chiquita Brands, Colombia, DOLE on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Unpeeling Chiquita and Dole
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chiquita, DOLE, Fair Trade bananas on May 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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