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Equal Exchange

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Type: Company

Name: Equal Exchange

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Transfair USA

They’ve got the cashews. We’ve got the market. And then… nature intervenes. Part I

Part I: They’ve got the cashews. We’ve got the market. It’s a perfect match…Coffee. Tea. Chocolate. Bananas. Almonds. Olive Oil. Geobars.Last year we decided to add cashew nuts into the mix of new products we sell to food co-ops and consumers. You could ... [Published Co-operative News - May 19 2013]

Entities: Equal Exchange, El Salvador, Transfair USA, Coffee

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

BoT Reaffirms Equal Exchange Rate for U.S.D Bills

THE Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has reaffirmed its policy stands that all dollar bills, irrespective of their denominations have equal exchange rate, saying that it has already started reconciling policy and actual practice.Speaking to the 'Daily News on Saturday' ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 11 2013]

Entities: Equal Exchange, US Dollar, Bank of Tanzania, United States

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Equal Exchange

Column: Fair Trade chocolate a sweet alternative

Fair Trade Day is observed around the world on the second Saturday in May, this year on May 11. MOON Co-op grocery joins in worldwide events highlighting Fair Trade throughout May, including reduced prices on some Fair Trade products, samplings, and informative ... [Published Oxford Press - May 09 2013]

Entities: Agriculture, Equal Exchange, Certification

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Saturday - celebrate World Fair Trade Day with the Belfast Co-op!

This Saturday, May 11, the Belfast Co-op is celebrating World Fair Trade Day, which takes place on the 2nd Saturday in May each year. Events are held in over 80 countries in honor of this international celebration and promotion of Fair Trade.From 11am-3pm, ... [Published Waldo County Village Soup - May 08 2013]

Entities: Organic, Belfast (United Kingdom), Coffee, Equal Exchange, Divine Chocolate

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Small Producer Symbol Shares New Developments

The Small Producer Symbol (SPP), a certification and labeling system created and run by small Fair Trade producers in Latin America, reports that now 33 small producer organizations are certified under the system and another 16 are in process of getting ... [Published Co-operative News - May 07 2013]

Entities: Equal Exchange, Certification, Stocks

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Reminder: Healthy Melrose events on Saturday, May 4

The Spin For Health outdoor spinning event is a big draw at the Healthy Melrose event, in addition to the wellness and fitness fair and other events such as he 5K road race, kids quarter-mile fun run and the ‘Dance For Health’ zumba event.Events Cale ... [Published Wicked Local Melrose - May 04 2013]

Entities: Fitness, Immaculate Baking Co, Equal Exchange, Stonyfield Farm

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

What are the alternative trade models? - live discussion

Ahead of World Fair Trade Day, join our expert panel on Thursday 9 May, 2 - 4pm (BST) for an online discussion on how companies can find fairer ways to tradeThe trading models unpinning products on shop shelves rarely make it into the public eye, nor ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 02 2013]

Entities: Coffee, Equal Exchange, Ian Morris

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Grand River Launches New E-commerce Solution for Equal Exchange

Grand River, Inc., a leading e-commerce developer, announced that it has launched a new e-commerce solution for Massachusetts-based Equal Exchange. Equal Exchange is a worker-owned co-operative that imports and distributes a wide line of organic Fair ... [Published Individual.com - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Equal Exchange, Electronic Commerce, Gary Goodman, Open Source, Lake Champlain Chocolates

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Fair Trade USA products support working farmers abroad

On Tuesday, April 16, Kristi Syrdahl, director of international student services at Elizabethtown College, offered her presentation for her first Called to Lead event entitled “Leading Social Change Across Cultures”“It’s value based; it revolves around ... [Published Etownian - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Equal Exchange, Elizabethtown College, Organism, United States, TOMS Shoes

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

Come Saturday Morning: Woof Woof!

Good morning, everyone! Because we need something other than Boston or snowbanks to stare at (yes, some of us have snow on the ground in April; at least it’s made a big dent in the drought ), here are some flufferdoggies. Woof! (Their names ... [Published Firedoglake - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Equal Exchange, Denver (Colorado, United States), Corn

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 2 reports

Fair Trade Shopping For Households, Offices, And Organizations Just Got Easier Thanks To Equal Exchange

/3BL Media/ - Increasingly Americans are putting their values, and their dreams for a better world, into action through their shopping choices, and Fair Trade is the best known example. People also want to do more of their shopping online. Through a new, ... [Published Justmeans - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Equal Exchange, Coffee, Organism, Gary Goodman

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Cambridge businesses to donate in honor of Earth Day

In honor of Earth Day, five Boston nonprofit organizations have banded together with area businesses to raise funds to support capital improvements, ongoing maintenance and programming of five of Boston’s public parks.More than 40 area retailers will ... [Published Wicked Local Cambridge - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Earth Day, Equal Exchange, Cynthia Rowley, Blue Inc

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...bureaus to comply with the exchange rate per dollar which is 1 USD 1,630/- and not per denomination as it is the case in the bureaus," he stressed. "People are taking advantage of this policy loophole to exploit the market, which is not acceptable" he insisted

BoT Reaffirms Equal Exchange Rate for U.S.D Bills [Published AllAfrica.com - May 11 2013]

Macatonia argues that the fair trade model does not incentivise producers to grow better crops as they receive a fixed price regardless of quality: "while fair trade promotes 'protection' of farmers, direct trade offers 'aspiration'" he writes

What are the alternative trade models? - live discussion [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 02 2013]

"The new site provides our customers with a great shopping experience," said Gary Goodman, online sales manager, Equal Exchange. "But beyond that, Grand River helped us to build a new store that's as innovative as our business model. It's the perfect way for us to continue building on our pioneering work in Fair Trade."

Grand River Launches New E-commerce Solution for Equal Exchange [Published Individual.com - Apr 29 2013]

The Fairtrade Foundation 's new chief executive officer, Michael Gidney, says: "Fairtrade sales continue to confound expectation in the midst of the current tough economic climate. The UK public has developed a lasting appetite for food and goods traded on fairer terms with producers, and forward-thinking businesses are responding energetically to this by providing a wider range of products."

Growing taste for Fairtrade shows it's Britain's cup of tea [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 02 2013]

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They’ve got the cashews. We’ve got the market.... [Published Co-operative News - May 19 2013]
BoT Reaffirms Equal Exchange Rate for U.S.D Bills [Published AllAfrica.com - May 11 2013]
Column: Fair Trade chocolate a sweet alternative [Published Oxford Press - May 09 2013]
Dana Geffner: Certified Justice [Published Huffington Post - May 09 2013]
Saturday - celebrate World Fair Trade Day with ... [Published Waldo County Village Soup - May 08 2013]
Small Producer Symbol Shares New Developments [Published Co-operative News - May 07 2013]
Reminder: Healthy Melrose events on Saturday, M... [Published Wicked Local Melrose - May 04 2013]
What are the alternative trade models? - live d... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 02 2013]
Grand River Launches New E-commerce Solution fo... [Published Individual.com - Apr 29 2013]
Fair Trade USA products support working farmers... [Published Etownian - Apr 25 2013]
Come Saturday Morning: Woof Woof! [Published Firedoglake - Apr 20 2013]
Fair Trade Shopping For Households, Offices, An... [Published Justmeans - Apr 17 2013]
Fair Trade Shopping For Households, Offices, An... [Published theCSRfeed - Apr 17 2013]
Cambridge businesses to donate in honor of Eart... [Published Wicked Local Cambridge - Apr 15 2013]
Fully Committed to Fairtrade America! Ben & Jer... [Published Yahoo! Finance - Apr 10 2013]
The Buzz: Chocolate shop transition [Published Post Crescent - Mar 06 2013]
Growing taste for Fairtrade shows it's Britain'... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 02 2013]
Selkirk visit by Fairtrade Ugandan coffee grower [Published Selkirk Today - Feb 17 2013]
February Favorites: Ten Thousand Villages, Hols... [Published Argus Leader - Feb 13 2013]
Church opens year-round fair-trade shop [Published Sunday Gazette-Mail - Dec 14 2012]
Equal Exchange Introduces Organic, Fair Trade C... [Published PRWeb - Oct 09 2012]

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Come Saturday Morning: Woof Woof! [Published Firedoglake - Apr 20 2013] Good morning, everyone! Because we need something other than Boston or snowbanks to stare at (yes, some of us have snow on the ground in April; at least it’s made a big dent in the drought ), here are some flufferdoggies. Woof! (Their names ...