Archive for the 'tea' Category

Although Fair Trade is considered by some folks to be a development tool, meaning a set of principles and practices that help disadvantaged people increase incomes, invest in communities and protect the environment in sustainable ways, the fact is I don’t get to hang out with development practitioners all that much. Sure, Catholic Relief [...]

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Tom is one of our colleagues at CRS Headquarters here in Baltimore who just returned to the United States after many years overseas, including four years in South Africa, where he got hooked on rooibos.  One day Tom came to my cube to ask why we only promoted Fair Trade coffee and not Fair Trade teas.  He [...]

Read the entry: Rooibos, Anyone? →