Our coffee co-op partner, CECOVASA has just received an award for the impact their work has had on promoting and protecting bio-diversity in the region. The award was presented to them by Alan Garcia Perez, President of Peru. We have just received the following press release about this impressive accomplishment which we have translated below from its original [...]
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And now… some good news out of Peru
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cecovasa, environmental protection, Fair Trade coffee co-operative, Peru on June 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Food Security and Fair Trade Coffee: Women in Oaxaca, Mexico Double their Efforts to Provide for their Families
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged CEPCO, Fair Trade coffee co-operative, Food security, Mexico, organic farming on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following article was written by Phyllis Robinson and Lilian Autler of Grassroots International. Anita Cecila Garcia Cruz, of Confianza community Member of the CEPCO General Assembly (photo courtesy of Grassroots International) Times are tough for rural communities in Mexico right now – as they are for small farmers throughout the world. Fair Trade [...]
CECOVASA’S General Assemblies
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cecovasa, Fair Trade coffee co-operative, Peru on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ever wondered what happens at a General Assembly of coffee producers? Well, I’m not saying that the following report is typical… but Miguel Paz, Export Manager of CECOVASA, one of Equal Exchange’s coffee co-operative partners located in the south of Peru, gives his version of this year’s meetings. His account was published October 14th, on [...]
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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