Peru’s Vice President Inaugurates a Coffee Processing Plant in Canchaque
Equal Exchange 
December 22nd, 2011
The cooperative, presided over by Artemio Jimenez Huaman, has 233 members and approximately 323 hectares of coffee cultivation which annually produce 2 thousand one-hundred pound sacks of coffee.
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Triple Pundit
July 7th, 2011
The newest Fair Trade standard, gold and associated precious metals, made its debut a little more than a year ago. It promises to improve social and environmental conditions for millions of small and artisanal gold miners around the world.
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Equal Exchange
March 9th, 2011
Coffee prices are going up due to decreasing supply, increasing demand and commodity speculation. On the supply side, climate change is wreaking havoc on weather patterns across the world (we’ve had quite an interesting winter ourselves).
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Business Week
February 3rd, 2011
A Palestinian entrepreneur boosted the price paid for organic olives and has grown to become the West Bank’s biggest exporter of olive oil.
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Your Olive Branch 
November 12th, 2010
The winner, whose creative entry was picked by an online vote, will receive $2,000 worth of fair trade products from Alter Eco and Indigenous Designs.
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Equal Exchange
November 14th, 2011
Part II: Building Fair Trade Coffee: How and Why? Let’s start with coffee. How did fair trade in coffee happen? How was this supply chain built? Who took the risk? Who benefited? What can we learn from this history?
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Shareable
June 27th, 2011
We all need to feel the essential link between soil, sun, water and life. Nature not only sustains us, it keeps us healthy and happy too.
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Equal Exchange
February 22nd, 2011
A green and more just food system starts with small farmers from around the world.
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Ode Magazine
November 23rd, 2010
Studio will teach women refugees embroidery, sewing and other skills that will help them navigate the working world.
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yobo
October 4th, 2010
Your Olive Branch’s “I Love Fair Trade!” contest has been narrowed down to ten finalists competing for the grand prize in an online vote.
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