The following article by Steve Stroup, Member Services and Outreach Coordinator at Bloomingfoods, was originally posted on the Bloomingfoods website. Bloomingfoods has been a key and fundamental partner of Equal Exchange for over 15 years. They have been instrumental in helping us envision and build an alternative model of trade that aims to restore dignity and fairness to small [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Mexico’
From Farmer Co-ops to Food Co-ops: The Struggle for Fair Trade
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bloomington Food Co-op, CESMACH, Chiapas, coop supply chain, food co-operatives, Mexico on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Growing Pains: Keeping Fair Trade Fair
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chiapas, CIRSA, coffee, Fair Trade, Fair Trade certification, FLO, Mexico, small farmer co-operatives, small farmers on September 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The following article, written by Patty Kupfer, was printed in the September/October 2008 issue of Sojourner’s Magazine. Patty used to work for Witness for Peace and co-organized some of Equal Exchange’s Interfaith Department’s delegation visits to Chiapas. During these trips, we visited our coffee farmer partners, CIRSA, an amazing organization of Tzotzil and Tzeltal -speaking [...]
Small-scale coffee farmers: trading partners or suppliers?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged CESMACH, Fair Trade, Mexico, small farmer co-operatives on April 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As a result of a reader’s comment to the previous story, I’ve decided to write a new entry which attempts to further highlight what is so important about small farmer co-operatives and what the differences are between companies who see farmers as partners and those who see them as suppliers. The questions he asks give [...]
Small Farmers. Big Change: A David and Goliath story of small farmer perseverance, co-operative spirit and pride, and willingness to take risks
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged CESMACH, Fair Trade, Mexico, small farmer co-operatives on April 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »
What on earth is this Big Change that Equal Exchange keeps alluding to when we talk about small farmers? Why does Equal Exchange buy our products only from small farmer co-operatives? Why do we feel so strongly about supporting the farmers’ efforts to promote change in their lives, co-operatives and communities? The following is a [...]
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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