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buzzle.com Guardian News & Media
Fair trade olive oil will hit the shops in 2009, while the occupied territories see economic growth and a drop in unemployment. The glimmers of an economic revival for Palestinians will grow early next year with the launch of their first fair trade product.
Fair trade olive oil will hit the shops in 2009 as tourist numbers in Bethlehem reach their highest levels for a decade. Israeli and Palestinian officials report economic growth for the occupied territories of 4-5% and a drop in the unemployment rate of at least three percentage points. (more…)
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bostonherald.com Associated Press
 OAKLAND, Calif. - Coffee, tea or … fair trade wine?
TransFair USA, the Oakland-based group that has certified everything from coffee and tea to bananas and flowers as being ethically produced, now is putting its seal on wines from Chile, Argentina and South Africa.
The wines - which are available nationwide this month at grocers and liquor stores nationwide, including Whole Foods Market [WFMI] and Sam’s Club - are a first for U.S. consumers. (more…)
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Marin Independent-Journal, CA Nancy Isles Nation
Hillary Sciarillo is a young San Rafael mother whose business is making a difference in the lives of hundreds of women on the other side of the globe.
Her three-year-old enterprise, Yellow Label Kids, is a line of toys, clothing, accessories and party supplies that has been growing quickly with sales of as much as $200,000 anticipated for 2008.
All of the items she sells - in retail stores, online and by catalog - are made by women from two collectives in Bangladesh. Sciarillo designs all of the concepts and has patterns made and sent to the organizations. (more…)
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New Mexico Business Weekly, NM Carrie Seidman
All good things must come to an end.
At least, that’s how Melinda Rand Kenefic was feeling two years ago when she saw a precipitous drop in sales at Celebro, the Nob Hill clothing store she and her husband, George Kenefic, opened in 1991.
The business, which featured natural fiber clothing — originally for larger-sized women, and later, for men and children — had steadily been producing about $375,000 in annual revenue for more than a decade. Equally important to Rand Kenefic, the loyal consumers who frequented the shop had become “a sort of support group,” one that shared everything from births and divorces to job changes, she says. (more…)
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MarketWatch Market Wire
Consumers looking for an affordable, personal gift this holiday season can also change lives by purchasing handmade baskets, trays or Christmas tree ornaments from the Rwanda Basket Company (RBC), a Seattle-based company working to directly improve the lives of hundreds of impoverished Rwandan women who survived the horrific genocide in 1994. (more…)
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The Packer, KS Amy Fischbach
Jonathan’s Organic, East Freetown, Mass., is working with a new cooperative in Peru to expand its fair trade organic banana program in San Francisco.
“We want to bring more fruit in for our existing customers,” said John Musser, chief executive officer of Jonathan’s Organic. “There has been a demand for fair trade organic bananas in that area that we haven’t been able to meet.” (more…)
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Seattle Times Michelle LaFrance
Author and essayist Phyllis Theroux said, “To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart.” I appreciate her sentiment and love the way a handwritten card can connect friends across miles.
In addition to warming the heart of your pen pal, if you send a fair trade Hope for Women Portraits of El Salvador card ($5.50) from Market Street Traders in Ballard, you’ll also help support a community of artisan women in Central America. (more…)
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MarketWatch PR Newswire
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Market Watch PR Newswire
Sam’s Club members will find a new choice in the wine aisles this month with the launch of the chain’s first Fair Trade Certified(TM) wine, Neu Direction(TM), a 100 percent Malbec from the renowned winegrowing region of Lujan de Cuyo near Mendoza, Argentina. The wine is one of only a handful to receive this status in the inaugural year of the groundbreaking Fair Trade Wine certification program in the U.S. (more…)
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Bedford Minuteman, MA Chris Klingenberg
Bedford resident Jon Cadoux has been brewing beer for 10 years as the co-founder of Peak Organic Brewing Company.
Recently, Cadoux and co-founder, Geoff Masland, released its newest brew called Espresso Amber Ale.
The Espresso Amber Ale is brewed with Maine-roasted, organic fair trade espresso in collaboration with Coffee By Design. The beer is in partnership with Transfair, a nonprofit that works to ensure that farmers and farm workers behind Fair Trade Certified goods are paid fair, above-market prices, helping to support a better life for farming families, community development and environmental stewardship. Peak Organic Espresso Ale is the first Fair Trade-certified beer brewed in the United States. (more…)
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