Archive for November, 2007

This summer I had the fun of escorting Fair Traders to Ghana the grand prize experience of the Raise Money Right contests.
As the group mentioned on this blog, we had a tremendous experience and returned to our various homes dedicated to the idea that we could help the people of Ghana by understanding […]

Read the entry: A Fair Trade Ripple Effect for Ghana →

Greetings again from Central America. I just posted a note about four coffee cooperatives in Guatemala that are taking coffee roasting into their own hands, and mentioned that the primary market for their roasted coffee will be domestic, with exports as a possibility in the future. I thought a bit more context — […]

Read the entry: Fair Trade Field Notes: Green v. Roasted? →

Greetings from Guatemala. My name is Michael, and I used to work on the CRS Fair Trade Program with Jackie. In September I reluctantly gave up working on Fair Trade full time and began working as the CRS Regional Technical Advisor for Sustainable Livelihoods in Latin America and the Caribbean (a mouthful, I […]

Read the entry: Fair Trade Field Notes: Guatemala →

Here at CRS headquarters, we are fond of sharing that the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops passed a resolution supporting Fair Trade a couple years ago at one of their annual meetings. We were as delighted to learn from our Constituency Relations colleague Christine Smith that the National Council of Catholic Women recently also […]

Read the entry: Another Fair Trade Resolution from Church Leaders →

UGH! I can’t believe I really wrote that! But, hey, it is part of my job to help you shop your values. I know so many of us want to be thoughtful, responsible consumers, and the upcoming holiday season can full of distractions and temptations that take us of our path. But […]

Read the entry: Only 49 shopping days until Christmas →

That’s the new sticker floating around CRS offices these days, courtesy of our friends at Dean’s Beans in Massachusetts. It just goes to show that from coast to coast, more and more people are choosing to drink Fair Trade coffee as a reflection of their values.  Check out the article below from the Spokesman-Review to find out […]

Read the entry: What Would Jesus Brew? →