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Home | Magazine Articles | Issue 7

Issue 7

fOR A BETTER WORLD: ISSUE 7GMO OMG!

Issue 7, Fall 2013
With GMO labeling taking center stage on the Washington State ballot this fall we made the focus of this issue on GMOs and social justice, covering, the incredible power Monsanto has over our food supply and political system, how GMOs affect all of us as consumers and producers, and the fight for transparency in food labeling with our feature article by Jeremy Siefert, Director / Producer / Editor of the new film GMO OMG. Women farmers in Nicaragua talk about how they are empowering themselves to stand up against multinationals like Monsanto. Also, Equal Exchange talks about transforming the Tea Industry from a plantation model to a small-farmer owned model. And as always included is our trade policy reform corner which focuses on Fair Trade & Immigration and Land Grabs.

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Handmade Expressions: Sustainability in Fair Trade Crafts

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Contributing Writer: Manish Gupta By working in my family’s business in India, I learned how communities can be impacted by […]

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Our Global Community: Who are the “Marginalized?”

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Contributing Writer: Sue Kastensen Fair trade is, first and foremost, about people. One of the main principles of fair trade, […]

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Transforming the Tea Industry

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Contributing Writer: Phyllis Robinson, Education and Campaigns Manager From Plantations to a Small-Farmer Model Fairly Traded Coffee, 1986 When Equal […]

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What is the Future of Fair and Sustainable Coffee?

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Contributing Writer: Lee Wallace Peace Coffee was founded in 1996 by the Minneapolis non-profit Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy […]

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Cultivating an Authentic Fair Trade

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Contributing Writers: Matt Earley and Chris Treter Fair trade falls short when the relationships along the chain are reduced to […]

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TRADE POLICY REFORM CORNER

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Contributing Writer: Joann Lo, Food Chain Workers Alliance Fair Trade & Immigrant Rights As we all know, fair trade and […]

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LaFEM: Empowering Women Farmers through Food Sovereignty and Environmental Stewardship

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Contributing Writer: Juana Villareyna Acuña Faced with the challenge imposed by climate change and the use of indiscriminate agrochemicals that […]

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Stop Monsanto & Take Back Our Food, Our Farms, Our Democracy & Our Planet

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Contributing Writer: Dave Murphy Stopping Monsanto is one of the most pressing issues of our time. As a single company, […]

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GMO OMG: Is this the End of Real Food?

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Contributing Writer: Jeremy Siefert When people first hear about just the basic facts concerning Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs or Genetically […]

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