Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 14th February, 2012 | No Comments
Student Delivers More Than 16,000 Petition Signatures and Valentines to Hershey’s School Trust on Behalf of Children Harvesting Cocoa in West Africa.
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Posted by Kirsten Moller in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 8th February, 2012 | 1 Comment
Valentine’s Day is a major chocolate buying holiday, but gifts for your sweetheart should not come at the expense of worker rights. Forced labor, child labor and trafficking continue in the cocoa industry in West Africa. Here’s how YOU can make a difference!
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Posted by Kirsten Moller in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 1st February, 2012 | 28 Comments
On January 30th, after years of being targeted by organized consumer Fair Trade actions, Hershey has finally made a move! Hershey’s announced that it will make a commitment to purchasing Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa and invest $10 million dollars in education and its smart-phone CocoaLink project. So what does this actually mean? Have we won an important first step or are we being duped?
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Fair Trade Roundups on 30th January, 2012 | 1 Comment
Lots going on in the Fair Trade movement, which is nothing unusual these days! This month’s roundup includes a video sneak peek of CNN’s modern slavery segment, Fair Trade event news you need to know, and a handy dandy list of Fair Trade news articles.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Fair Trade Roundups, Global Exchange Store Updates on 20th December, 2011 | 6 Comments
Here’s your healthy dose of Fair Trade news, the last one before we enter a whole new year!
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Fair Trade Roundups, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign, Global Exchange Store Updates on 10th November, 2011 | 1 Comment
How are the Fair Trade and Occupy movements converging? How can you provide input to Fair Trade USA around their recent changes? Find out both plus more in our latest Fair Trade Roundup.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Fair Trade Roundups, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 6th October, 2011 | No Comments
Lots happening in the Fair Trade movement…Fair Trade month, Reverse Trick-or-Treating, Fair Trade featured on late television and Fair Trade USA resigns its membership to FLO.
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Posted by Admin in Global Exchange Store Updates on 29th August, 2011 | No Comments
Bernard is a Haitian artisan who creates beautiful works of art out of re-purposed oil drums. And you’ll never guess how the oil is removed from the drums before the metal can be formed into beautiful sculptures!
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views, Fair Trade Roundups, Global Exchange Fair Trade Campaign on 17th August, 2011 | 3 Comments
This week in Fair Trade news you can use, Hershey is the focus of attention for labor rights activists (again), a new report about the impacts of Fair Trade is released, plus a whole lot more.
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Posted by Admin in Fair Trade News & Views, Global Exchange Store Updates, Guest Posts on 15th August, 2011 | No Comments
The Global Exchange Fair Trade Store in San Francisco hosted a Fair Trade Talk with Gilbert Ramirez from CoopeAgri in Costa Rica and Courtney Lang from Fair Trade USA. Gilbert’s town Pérez Zeledón is the very first Fair Trade Town in Latin America. Hear how it went, and read perspectives from a Fair Trade coffee producer.
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