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Guatemala Indigenous Women Weavers

Stronger Together: World Fair Trade Day During COVID-19

By Anna Canning

Last month as COVID-19 spread around the globe, we began a series of blog posts in conversation with leaders of […]

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05/05/202005/05/2020 by Anna Canning Posted in Blog, Fair Food, Fair Trade, Fair Work, Field NotesLeave a Comment on Stronger Together: World Fair Trade Day During COVID-19
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May Day 2020 Call to Action

By Errol Schweizer

May Day, or International Workers’ Day this year comes as the U.S. passes a tragic milestone: 1 million infected with […]

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04/30/202005/01/2020 by Errol Schweizer Posted in Blog, Fair WorkLeave a Comment on May Day 2020 Call to Action

Stocking Up? The People Who Grow Your Coffee Notice

By Phyllis Robinson

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the globe, we are reaching out to fair trade farmer and artisan groups to […]

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04/27/202005/14/2020 by Phyllis Robinson Posted in Blog, Fair Trade, Field NotesLeave a Comment on Stocking Up? The People Who Grow Your Coffee Notice
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The Importance of Being a Cooperative: a Fair Trade Leader Reflects on COVID-19

By Phyllis Robinson

These days most of us are learning to live with uncertainty.  What might have been true for last week, or […]

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04/24/202004/24/2020 by Phyllis Robinson Posted in Blog, Fair Trade, Fair Work, Field Notes4 Comments on The Importance of Being a Cooperative: a Fair Trade Leader Reflects on COVID-19
Crushed Chocolate: Photo by Charisse Kenion, @charissek

Hey Hershey: Share the Goodness with Cocoa Farmers

By Anna Canning

As COVID-19 spreads around the globe, it’s hitting hardest those who were already in poverty. Before the pandemic, cocoa farmers […]

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04/23/202004/23/2020 by Anna Canning Posted in Blog, Fair Food, Fair Trade5 Comments on Hey Hershey: Share the Goodness with Cocoa Farmers
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Fyffes Farms Exposed: New Report Chronicles Worker Struggles on Honduran Melon Plantations

By Anna Canning

A coffin if you join the management-controlled union. That’s the offer being made to workers on Fyffes Honduran melon plantations. […]

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04/20/202005/01/2020 by Anna Canning Posted in Blog, Fair Food, Fair WorkTagged Fyffes5 Comments on Fyffes Farms Exposed: New Report Chronicles Worker Struggles on Honduran Melon Plantations
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Small-scale Farmers in Kerala Respond to COVID-19

By Phyllis Robinson

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the globe, we are reaching out to fair trade farmer and artisan groups to […]

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04/13/202004/15/2020 by Phyllis Robinson Posted in Blog, Fair Trade, Field NotesTagged Covid191 Comment on Small-scale Farmers in Kerala Respond to COVID-19
Basket Weaving - Ghana

Fair Trade in the Time of COVID-19

By Anna Canning

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the world, it is far from a “great equalizer,” as some have called it. […]

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04/08/202004/10/2020 by Anna Canning Posted in Blog, Fair Food, Fair Trade, Fair WorkTagged COVID-192 Comments on Fair Trade in the Time of COVID-19
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New NAFTA – What Does it Mean?

By Anna Canning

The past 25 years of NAFTA, or the North American Free Trade Agreement, have been a disaster for working people, […]

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12/18/201912/19/2019 by Anna Canning Posted in Blog, Fair Climate, Fair TradeLeave a Comment on New NAFTA – What Does it Mean?

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