December 2009
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Two things today. 1) Great video on how coffee is grown, picked, processed, and roasted from the show, Dirty Jobs. This really helps to give a sense of the hard work farmers put in to make the coffee we enjoy daily. Also, it’s important to keep in mind while watching this video that the farmers working here are from the United States, and the equipment they use can be more advanced than...
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Fair Trade Videos
When is the United States gonna get Fair Trade ads like this? They’re awesome. What are your favorite Fair Trade videos? Post a link!
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The Banana Wars and Fair Trade
A banana worker in the Dominican Republic takes Fair Trade Certified bananas to be washed and packed This is a long one! The EU is close to reaching an agreement with Latin America that will put an end to the 16-year so-called “banana wars” that have favored Caribbean, African, and Pacific region countries over larger banana producing countries in Latin America. The agreement comes after years...
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Our neighbors to the north just added a new Fair Trade Town to their growing list. Olds, a town in Alberta, became the sixth Fair Trade Town in Canada. For the members of the Olds community, working to become a Fair Trade town made a lot of sense. Olds is the home of OldsCollege, an agricultural college where many students learn about the challenges and difficulties that agricultural farmers...