Peru
Peru
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AgriculturePeru’s government encourages fishermen to form co-ops
The government of Peru has published a manual that promotes co-operatives as a suitable enterprise model for small-scale fishermen. The document, developed by the Ministry of Production (PRODUCE), provides guidance for fishermen to set up...
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AgriculturePeruvian co-ops produce 25% of the country’s coffee exports
Coffee co-operatives play an important role in the economy of Peru. In 2015 they exported coffee worth USD $98m, which represents 23% of the country’s total coffee exports for the first 10 months of the...
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AgricultureFair Trade Farmers Are Clear: “The Small Producer Symbol is Ours!”
Rosa Guaman, Executive Director of Jambi Kiwa, an association of small medicinal herb producers in Ecuador, speaking at the Third International Gathering of the SPP “The SPP is ours!” Over and over again, this emphatic...
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RetailEast of England: Local food for local people
A groundbreaking policy of ‘local food for local people’ is paying off for the East Of England Co-operative.
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Agriculture
Meet Two Coop Managers from Peru
The following post is from Ashley Cheuk, Equal Exchange Website and Social Media Manager Last week, we hosted two managers from cacao co-ops we work with in Peru to source chocolate for our new Organic...
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AgricultureFair Trade Coffee Cooperatives Awarded $50,000 to Fight Roya
Fair Trade USA Announces Recipients of the Rust Response Fund, two cooperatives in Peru.
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Agriculture
From the Field: Thoughts From the New Kid on the Block
By Carly Kadlec, Green Coffee Buyer My name is Carly Kadlec and I have been with Equal Exchange for just over two months. I am a Green Coffee Buyer. I just returned from my first big trip...
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Agriculture
Of Mudslides, Rust, and Ten Years of Friendship
By Tom Hanlon-Wilde, Equal Exchange, West Coast Sales Manager Losing a cow is like having your savings account wiped out. Several animals were lost to the family farmers of the Cooperative José Gabriel Condorcanquí in...
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Development
Fair Trade Adventure for Two to Peru this October in Celebration of WFTD
Fair World Project, Dr. Bronner’s, Alaffia, Alter Eco, Divine Chocolate, Equal Exchange, Maggie’s Organics, and Farmer Direct Cooperative have partnered with Intrepid Travel to offer consumers a change to win a 9-day fair trade adventure...
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Agriculture
In Memory of Raul de Aguila Hidalgo
Raúl de Águila Hidalgo, General Manager of Equal Exchange’s trading partner COCLA and a leader in the international fair trade movement, died suddenly on February 13. EE’s Tom Hanlon-Wilde shares this memory: Raul de Aguila and...