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23 May '12

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VietnamHop Tac cooperative: Improving coffee, improving community

Despite a difficult year for coffee growers, the Hop Tac co-operative in Vietnam has been thriving. The co-operative has used training and support from Fairtrade to ...

United StatesStarbucks first in Fairtrade fund to help farmer co-operatives

Starbucks has pledged a $1.3 million investment in a Fairtrade fund to help smallholder farmers with long-term loans.

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Global NewsOwnership – It Matters!

By Hilary Johnson, Equal Exchange Minnesota Office Manager Before I came to Equal Exchange, I spent most of my working life in the produce departments of consumer cooperatives.  ...

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Global Newsfairtrade: I am a 58 year old mother of six. The eldest of my...

fairtrade: I am a 58 year old mother of six. The eldest of my children is already 31 years old and the youngest is 23. I live in a village of 200 people close to the cocoa farm. I ...

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Global NewsKerry McCarthy MP gets a Kuapa welcome in Ghana

Kerry McCarthy MP reports from a recent visit to Ghana: In February I was fortunate enough to have the chance to visit Ghana, representing the UK parliament at a Westminster ...

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GhanaWhat’s on the menu for cocoa farmers

Here’s the latest post from Erica Kyere of Kuapa Kokoo Ltd: “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach”. This is what every mother tells her daughter right from ...

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Global NewsFresh Foods, Fresh Questions

Author:  Dave Gutknecht Growth in fresh food sales – and “fresh packaged” – is at the heart of recent comments from the Hartman Group, a leading analyst of the natural/organic grocery industry whose research has influenced many food co-op marketers. “Deny and Perish,” by James Richardson, appeared in a recent issue of “HartBeat” – http://s.coop/dz5b – and provides interesting data and analysis that is both cautionary and ...

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Gay Lea shows its support the International Year, which includes a butter liner graphic

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CanadaCanadian dairy co-op to "spread" the word about IYC

Thousands of Canadian consumers will soon get a taste of the International Year of Co-operatives when they spread butter on their toast, thanks to Gay Lea Foods, a major ...

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GhanaCocoa farmers get to see a UK farm in action

Latest post from Tom Allen of Trading Visions: While here in UK for Fairtrade Fortnight, Elias and Agnes had asked if they would be able to visit a farm. We were able to set up a ...

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PeruA Fair Trade, Organic Banana Life Cycle

The following photographic story by Dean Schladweiler is reprinted from the Wedge Co-operative newsletter. A Fair Trade, Organic Banana Life Cycle In October 2011, Dean ...

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