The weekend has arrived and it’s time to stock up the fridge and replenish the cupboards. Where do you choose to shop: the supermarket chain in your town? Whole Foods? Trader Joe’s? Or perhaps, your local food co-operative? Many of us who are concerned about the food we eat – where it comes from, who [...]
Posts Tagged ‘food system’
Food Democracy 101: Who is really behind our food?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food co-operative, food democracy, food system, organic industry, Phil Howard, Sevananda Natural Foods on November 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Who Owns Organic?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food system, organic industry, Phil Howard on October 30, 2008 | 5 Comments »
It’s a question Dr. Phil Howard, an assistant professor at Michigan State University, has spent a lot of time trying to answer. Howard’s research focuses on the food system, the changes occurring within that system, and how those changes affect communities. So why does it matter? Many consumers choose foods that come from organic small-scale [...]
Fair Trade: Are we here to “help” poor people or radically change injust systems that keep people poor?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agrarian reform, Fair Trade, Fair Trade Lite, food system, George Monbiot, Green Revolution, plantations, small farmers on July 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In her blog, GreenLaGirl, Siel wrote about the issues presented in the Business Week article, “Is Fair Trade Becoming ‘Fair Trade Lite’?” and asked those of us at Equal Exchange why we were so opposed to the idea that plantations and multi-nationals should be operating within the Fair Trade system. Siel wondered if EE is [...]
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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