Last week our friends at the Coop Food Stores in Hanover-Lebanon, New Hampshire sent us these photos of a large display they have created to promote our exciting coffee partnership in which we attempt to link consumer coop members in New Hampshire, worker coop members at Equal Exchange, and indigenous small farmer coop members in Chiapas, Mexico.
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Small Farmers Big ChangeJuly 27, 2015 -
Beth Ann CaspersenJuly 23, 2015Categories:Coffee Quality Manager Beth Ann Caspersen recently traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to judge the country's first-ever coffee cupping competition. This is the seventh blog post in the series about the visit. Read part one here.
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Beth Ann CaspersenJuly 23, 2015Categories:Coffee Quality Manager Beth Ann Caspersen recently traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to judge the country's first-ever coffee cupping competition. This is the sixth blog post in the series about the visit. Read part one here.
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Small Farmers Big ChangeJuly 23, 2015
Victor Hugo Garcia Lopez relaxing with his children after offering me a tour of his organic coffee farm.
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Beth Ann CaspersenJuly 14, 2015Categories:Coffee Quality Manager Beth Ann Caspersen recently traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to judge the country's first-ever coffee cupping competition. This is the fifth blog post in the series about the visit. Read part one here.
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Small Farmers Big ChangeJuly 13, 2015
By Ted Weihe, Consultant to Equal Exchange
Yesterday in Paraguay and earlier in Bolivia, Pope Francis praised co-operatives and other localized organizations that he said provide productive economies for the poor (See NYT, July 11, 2015). -
Beth Ann CaspersenJuly 12, 2015Categories:Coffee Quality Manager Beth Ann Caspersen recently traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to judge the country's first-ever coffee cupping competition. This is the fourth blog post in the series about the visit. Read part one here.
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Small Farmers Big ChangeJuly 1, 2015
By Peter Buck, Senior Representative, Interfaith Program & Community Sales
There’s excitement here at Equal Exchange about Pope Francis’ encyclical letter on the environment, “Laudato Si’ (Praise Be): Care for our Common Home.” In the Pope’s encyclical, he makes a powerful call for urgent action on climate change and environmental pollution. These issues are of paramount importance to many, including us at Equal Exchange. -
Small Farmers Big ChangeJune 29, 2015
The following post was written by Sara Mersha, Director of Grantmaking and Advocacy at Grassroots International on World Environment Day. Sara eloquently makes the connections between food sovereignty, agroecology, and climate justice. Reposted from the Grassroots International blog.
Sara Mersha
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Peter BuckJune 26, 2015Categories:There’s excitement here at Equal Exchange about Pope Francis’ encyclical letter on the environment, “Laudato Si’ (Praise Be): Care for our Common Home.” In the Pope’s encyclical, he makes a powerful call for urgent action on climate change and environmental pollution. These issues are of paramount importance to many, including us at Equal Exchange.