On June 4, Representative Michael Michaud and Senator Sherrod Brown introduced the TRADE Act to Congress. As the press release from the National Family Farm Coalition expressed (see our earlier blog post), this is an exciting opportunity for Congress to finally reform existing trade bills and ensure that future trade agreements are designed to actually [...]
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Take action to build support for the TRADE Act, an exciting new path toward FAIR trade agreements
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fair Trade, free trade, small farmers on July 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Family Farmers Praise Introduction of Trade Bill That Helps Address Global Food Crisis
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agribusiness, Fair Trade, food crisis, food sovereignty, free trade on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The following is a press release from the National Family Farm Coalition about a trade bill recently introduced to Congress which we can finally put our support behind! FAMILY FARMERS PRAISE INTRODUCTION OF TRADE BILL THAT HELPS ADDRESS GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS: U.S. and United Nations Continue to Promote Catastrophic Free Trade Agenda Washington D.C., [...]
Food co-op buyers travel to Chiapas to learn about Fair Trade, free trade and small farmer initiatives to protect the fragile eco-system of El Triunfo Biosphere
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged CESMACH, El Triunfo, environmental protection, Fair Trade, free trade, small farmer co-operatives on June 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On World Fair Trade Day, we posted a few links to an article and a blog post written by Karisa Centenni (see: World Fair Trade Day) about the Equal Exchange Food Co-op trip to Chiapas, Mexico this past January. Since that time, we have received copies of two other articles written by participants of that [...]
Peruvian farmers protest Free Trade Agreement
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged CEPICAFE, free trade, FTA, Peru, small-scale farmers on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
February 20th marked the end of a two-day national agrarian strike in Peru. Campesino organizations demanded government measures to alleviate the financial hardships small-scale farmers will face as a result of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) recently signed with the U.S. Under the FTA, tariffs will be lifted on heavily subsidized U.S. grains, like corn [...]
How free trade destroys local economies, hurts small farmers and causes massive waves of migration
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fair Trade, free trade, immigration, Mexico, NAFTA on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“There used to be one bus a day leaving this area (Esquintla, Chiapas) heading north. Now, four buses a day go to the border…. And each is packed with our young boys. Today, with the conditions the way they are, youth have become our biggest export.” -Miguel Angel Barrios Bravo, president of a coffee co-operative [...]
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