Articles in Agriculture
Ajay Jha
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Democracy, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyBy Dr Daman Prakash The One village one product movement is a Japanese regional development program. It began in Japan’s Oita Prefecture in 1979 when the then-governor Morihiko Hiramatsu advocated the program. Implementation started...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Environment, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyBy Todd Caspersen, Director of Purchasing Photos by Joe Driscoll, Equipment Guru El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve protects cloud forests on the upper slopes of the Sierra Madre, as well as the wet tropical rainforests of the Soconusco on the Mexican...
Ajay Jha
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Development, Global News, SocietyThe statue of former chairman of IFFCO Surender Jakhar was unveiled by Shri N.P Patel at Surender Jakhar Bhawan in Gurgaon on Tuesday on the eve of his first death anniversary. The occasion was graced by cooperators in large number. Shri Balram...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyWhen the Ecological Farmers of the Sierra Madres of Chiapas (CESMACH) found an important buyer to purchase their coffee, they were elated. “It was a dream come true,” Sixto Bonilla, export manager, says. “For a small-scale farmer organization to...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyWhen the Ecological Farmers of the Sierra Madres of Chiapas (CESMACH) found an important buyer to purchase their coffee, they were elated. “It was a dream come true,” Sixto Bonilla, export manager, says. “For a small-scale farmer organization to...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Politics, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyOn December 7th, Francisco VanDerhoffBoersma, co-founder of the first fair trade certifying body, Max Havelaar, and the renowned small farmer co-operative in Mexico, UCIRI (Union of Indigenous Communities of the Region of Isthmus) submitted the...
NCBA Newsfeed
+ AgricultureThe Capper-Volstead Act does not protect United Potato Growers of America from charges it illegally reduced the supply of potatoes in order to raise prices. In a Dec. 2 ruling, U.S. District Court of Idaho judge Lynn Winmill rejected Salt Lake City-...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyThe following Action Alert was written by our friends at Fair World Project on November 28, 2011. Take Action! Send a letter to Fair Trade USA, Fairtrade International and IMO and urge them to continue supporting small coffee farmers by not...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyThe following Action Alert was written by our friends at Fair World Project on November 28, 2011. Take Action! Send a letter to Fair Trade USA, Fairtrade International and IMO and urge them to continue supporting small coffee farmers by not...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Development, Environment, Financial, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise, Global News, Society* * * Public Statement for Immediate Release * * * United Students for Fair Trade Withdraws Support from Fair Trade USA/Transfair – Calls for Reform to Fair Trade Standards 25 October 2011 As an independent and integral voice in the Fair Trade...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyThis is the third and final part of Rink Dickinson’s speech on the state of fair trade, delivered at the IRTF conference in Cleveland, Ohio on October 23rd. The Trojan horse for plantations was tea.
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Business, Consumer, Development, Democracy, Environment, Mutuals, Fairtrade, Producer or Worker, Regional Organisations, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyLast week a few of us from Equal Exchange traveled to El Salvador to attend the CLAC’s First International Gathering of the Small Producers’ Symbol (SPP), an historic event which marks the first Fair Trade initiative developed by small farmer...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Credit Unions, Democracy, Environment, Mutuals, Fairtrade, Producer or Worker, Housing, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyIn a country that labels everything from cosmetics to cleaning agents, it’s surprising that there are no laws in the U.S. requiring labeling of genetically engineered Foods. Yet 93% of Americans believe GE foods should be labeled. We don...
NCBA Newsfeed
+ Agriculture, Credit Unions, Environment, Social EnterpriseIt's bound to cause a buzz of excitement – staff at a Portsmouth business have come up with the sweet idea of becoming beekeepers. The Southern Co-operative, which recently moved to Lakeside, North Harbour, has set up four hives on its premises. The...
Andrew McLeod
and others + Agriculture, Co-operatives, Community, Consumer, Democracy, Energy, Environment, Housing, Social Enterprise, Youth, SocietyIn 2009, the Jackson Electric Cooperative decided to make use of eight acres of long-idle farmland behind its headquarters in Black River Falls, Wisc. The co-op offered use of the land to a chapter of FFA, a student organization that...
Andrew McLeod
and others + Agriculture, Co-operatives, Consumer, Democracy, Energy, Housing, Social EnterpriseThe Co-operative Group is Britain’s largest cooperative organization, accounting for roughly 90 percent of all co-op trade in the country. The Group has over 6 million members, and has announced plans to triple that in under a decade. This...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Politics, History, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyThe following is an abridged version of the original article that was posted on the blog June 7th. “We were willing to continue selling our bananas to Dole. We just also wanted to develop our own markets and sell to them directly. We wanted to...
Co-operative News
+ Agriculture, Consumer, Environment, Social EnterpriseA SOIL Association survey shows the Co-op Movement is the UK's number one retailer when it comes to sourcing organic British potatoes. The organisation is trying to encourage supermarkets to buy British � and the all of the Co-op&#...
Co-operative News
+ Agriculture, Banking and Insurance, Consumer, Credit Unions, Democracy, Financial, Social EnterpriseA round-up of international news compiled by Anthony Murray FARMERS in Indiana, Ohio and Michegan have launched the Great Lakes Co-operative, a new-generation, value added co-op that will process and market pork products for its members. Last month...
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