Archive for May, 2008

As Jackie hangs out in California this week, today we remember when she trekked across the world to Ghana with the Raise Money Right contest winners. Check out our new video of their trip and visit CRS Ghana programming, the cocoa famers of Kuapa Kokoo and basket weavers at Trade Aid.

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I’m using the down time of post-World Fair Trade Day events to catch up on some reading, and I see the crew at Oke bananas have launched a new website. With their usual paradigm-busting thinking and quirky humor, these tireless advocates for justice and purveyors of tasty bananas offer readers an introduction into the [...]

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The backs have been slapped in congratulations, the hugs of accomplishment exchanged, the coffee mugs rinsed, the crafts packed up, and the soup refrigerated for another day. Such is the satisfying aftermath of a World Fair Trade Day event.

Yesterday I was fortunate to be with the good folks at San Diego Friends of Fair [...]

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During the opening ceremony of the 2008 SCAA in Minneapolis, MN, Bill Fishbein, owner of CRS coffee partner Coffee Exchange and founder of Coffee Kids, made a presentation on the 20th anniversary of Coffee Kids, an organization which helps coffee-growing families improve the quality of their lives. He made the simple but challenging statement that [...]

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