While 25 percent of the carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming are estimated to come from the agriculture sector, the sustainable farming practices of many small-scale farmers actually help to cool the planet and protect our natural resources. Organic farming, reforestation, soil and watershed protection, and the use of stoves that convert organic waste into methane gas are just some of the ways in which small-scale farmers are keeping our food, our bodies, and our eco-systems healthy.
In these pages, we will share some inspiring examples of environmental stewardship that our small farmer coffee, tea, and cacao co-operative partners are undertaking. We will also let you know exciting ways that you can support these green planet initiatives. If we stop a moment to really consider the contribution that small farmers make to our planet and our food system, then the choice to pay a fair price for their products, support their ecological initiatives, and take steps to reduce our own environmental footprints should be an easy commitment we can take on wholeheartedly.
So we would also like to offer this space to share some examples of ways in which all of you – and we at Equal Exchange – are taking actions to ”green” our own communities, religious institutions, schools, cafes, and other work places. Through the choices we make in purchases, building materials, energy sources, packaging, and transportation we can make tremendous strides in creating a greener planet and a healthier and more just food system.
Please send us your ideas and your success stories … because we’re all in this together!
This page has the following sub pages.
- Small-Scale Rooibos Farmers Adapt to Climate Change through Sustainable Farming Practices
- Women in Chiapas Coffee Co-operative Organize to Protect the Biosphere, Feed their Families, and Diversify their Incomes
- Planting Trees for Life in Nicaragua
- Food Security, Organic Farming, and Environmental Preservation in Colombia
The Indian Agro Development Companly is a name synonymous with wholesale Manufacturer Supplier of Organic high quality herbs from India, botanical herbs, natural herbal extracts, Indian Spices, Sesame Seeds, Dried Flowers, Bakery products, Neem extracts & other Agricultural products.
Since our inception 10 Years ago, The Indian Agro Development Companly has endeavored to offer the best of Indian Herbs and Spices to the domestic and international markets. We have been sourcing more than 3000 products from various geographical areas of India including the Rajasthan and Gujrat Ranges.
promoting organic farming in medicinal plantation,spices,cattle insurance,crop insurance,farmer insurance, bio fertilizers,bio seeds,bio pesticides.vermi compost production,contract farming,bio-dynamic farming,certification of farm,organic product marketing,bio disel farming, training programme in sanchore(jalore rajasthan),all jodhpur division we are having cluster of 1000 farmers.
Producing organic CUMIN SEEDS, ANI SEEDS,ISABGOAL,WHEAT,BAZARA,GROUND NUT,TOMATO,POTATO CASTOR,MILLETS,ALOE VERE, HOLY BASIL, ASVAGANDHA ETC.
When are you guys going to face the fact that North American farmers and ranchers don’t want to loose their lifestyle, their homes or their small scale?!?!?!
When are you going to add them too your list of partnerships?!?!?!?!?
They want the same freedom you guys have – freedom to be small – to not be forced into commercial growning. They want only 500 – 1,000 head of cattle. They want 1 – 5 – 80 acres to grow on. And they want healthier ways to grow long term. But they are being forced out of their present path into the cities or the commercial – Just like Indian farmers in India.
Our local farmers and ranchers want to grow foods for the local public schools, but they can’t because the rules are SO geared towards commercial corporations they small guys can’t get in edgewise. The rules say that the food has to be processed in commercial plants, the cattle in commercial USDA slaughter houses.
Our small cities/villages want local food, because they see their kids getting sick, fat and hungry on the disgusting food provided. Food without flavor because they’ve been grown in hothouses. Food grown without nutritional value because they are hibridized. Food grown without the love and support of local communities.
Our small schools have only 400 kids in them, yet the food comes from 100’s of miles away, sometimes 1,000’s of miles away. Kids fall asleep in class because there’s too much starch, they have alergic reactions to the food coloring/nitrates and just end up miserable after lunch with indegestion and constipation. The food is rarely processed/cooked with a local cook. They are made in big cities like Reno, NV and then wrapped in plastic and brought here and reheated.
We could use your help…
We could use your guidance…
You want to sell around the world, we just want our kids to be happy because they are healthy…
Thanks for listening…
Are you familar with Earthsave’s Healthy Planet initiative in Sacramento California. Earthsave and other social service agencies are trying to teach people to eat in a healthy manner.
I remember taking a trip from LA to SF, up Interstate 5 in California and see hordes of cattle in the hot sun in an area that looked like the moon. I didn’t see a blade of grass or shade. That is the way animals are raised to feed consumers in the States.
That is what we have come to, and that is the reason for our obesity and ill health.