Comments for Fair Trade Resource Network http://www.fairtraderesource.org our goal: to create a market that values the people who make the food we eat and the goods we use. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:43:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on Fair Trade Films by Fair Trade Resource Network » Fair Trade Films | TechRetriever http://www.fairtraderesource.org/learn-up/fair-trade-films/comment-page-1/#comment-1600 Fair Trade Resource Network » Fair Trade Films | TechRetriever Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:43:35 +0000 http://ftrn.shatter.org/about/fair-trade-films/#comment-1600 [...] Films about Fair Trade Coffee [...] [...] Films about Fair Trade Coffee [...]

]]> Comment on News and Views by More News from the North America FT Stakeholder Council « Small Farmers. Big Change. http://www.fairtraderesource.org/link-up/news-and-views/comment-page-1/#comment-1592 More News from the North America FT Stakeholder Council « Small Farmers. Big Change. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:08:46 +0000 http://ftrn.shatter.org/linkup/news-and-views/#comment-1592 [...] for updates on Council progress, and invitations for public input (at e-newsletters of FTRN e-newsletter or DFTA or FWP) on [...] [...] for updates on Council progress, and invitations for public input (at e-newsletters of FTRN e-newsletter or DFTA or FWP) on [...]

]]> Comment on N. America Fair Trade Stakeholder Council Forms to Clarify Direction of Fair Trade by Jeff http://www.fairtraderesource.org/2011/12/20/n-america-fair-trade-stakeholder-council-forms-to-clarify-direction-of-fair-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-1588 Jeff Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:55:30 +0000 http://www.fairtraderesource.org/?p=7311#comment-1588 Chris, your points are all right on! The effort is surely meant to be open and transparent. So, all 3 organizations in the Organizing Committee have posted a list of participants,and ways interested stakeholders can engage, at: http://www.fairtraderesource.org/link-up/stakeholder-council/ Chris, your points are all right on! The effort is surely meant to be open and transparent. So, all 3 organizations in the Organizing Committee have posted a list of participants,and ways interested stakeholders can engage, at:
http://www.fairtraderesource.org/link-up/stakeholder-council/

]]> Comment on N. America Fair Trade Stakeholder Council Forms to Clarify Direction of Fair Trade by Chris D http://www.fairtraderesource.org/2011/12/20/n-america-fair-trade-stakeholder-council-forms-to-clarify-direction-of-fair-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-1581 Chris D Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:52:50 +0000 http://www.fairtraderesource.org/?p=7311#comment-1581 Thanks for posting this. Is this meant to be an open and transparent effort or closed to a list of undisclosed (as of yet) participants chosen by the initiating groups? No list of participants is apparent on the initiating groups' sites, nor is there information about how interested stakeholders can engage. I hope these factors change as, ironically, it seems to be taking the much criticized FTUSA approach of having a small, hand-selected group develop a position then putting it our for feedback. Thanks for posting this. Is this meant to be an open and transparent effort or closed to a list of undisclosed (as of yet) participants chosen by the initiating groups? No list of participants is apparent on the initiating groups’ sites, nor is there information about how interested stakeholders can engage. I hope these factors change as, ironically, it seems to be taking the much criticized FTUSA approach of having a small, hand-selected group develop a position then putting it our for feedback.

]]> Comment on Online Petition Asks Starbucks to Make Fair Trade Coffee Readily Available by Michele Updegraff http://www.fairtraderesource.org/2011/10/19/online-petition-asks-starbucks-to-make-fair-trade-coffee-readily-available/comment-page-1/#comment-1579 Michele Updegraff Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:40:06 +0000 http://www.fairtraderesource.org/?p=7078#comment-1579 You do so many great things-let's make it one more! You do so many great things-let’s make it one more!

]]> Comment on Where to Buy Fair Trade by Advent: Getting ready to give! « Dwell Richly http://www.fairtraderesource.org/change-the-world/buy-fair-trade-products/comment-page-1/#comment-1573 Advent: Getting ready to give! « Dwell Richly Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:29:54 +0000 http://ftrn.shatter.org/change-the-world/buy-fair-trade-products/#comment-1573 [...] For unique gifts with an international flair, you might try something from one of these online fair trade retailers or from a local store in your community that offers fair trade products. [...] [...] For unique gifts with an international flair, you might try something from one of these online fair trade retailers or from a local store in your community that offers fair trade products. [...]

]]> Comment on Some Insights Into What FTUSA Leaving FLO Means for Producers & the Movement – According to a Producer Leader by Michael http://www.fairtraderesource.org/2011/11/29/some-insights-into-what-ftusa-leaving-flo-means-for-producers-the-movement-according-to-a-producer-leader/comment-page-1/#comment-1570 Michael Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:22:15 +0000 http://www.fairtraderesource.org/?p=7233#comment-1570 @Ted Fairtrade Premiums are used however the coops' members want them used. They're in the best position to understand their own needs and, whether they think they most need to build member equity or something else, it's entirely their call. @Ted
Fairtrade Premiums are used however the coops’ members want them used.

They’re in the best position to understand their own needs and, whether they think they most need to build member equity or something else, it’s entirely their call.

]]> Comment on Some Insights Into What FTUSA Leaving FLO Means for Producers & the Movement – According to a Producer Leader by Mark O'Brien http://www.fairtraderesource.org/2011/11/29/some-insights-into-what-ftusa-leaving-flo-means-for-producers-the-movement-according-to-a-producer-leader/comment-page-1/#comment-1559 Mark O'Brien Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:18:55 +0000 http://www.fairtraderesource.org/?p=7233#comment-1559 I heartily agree with Jeronimo Pruijn van Engelen. It is fairly obvious to the entire world that FTUSA has permanently and finally discredited itself, and no longer has a place in the fiar trade movement. Plantations ain't fair trade, no matter what anybody says or does, but they can afford to pay certification fees, the collection of which is clearly the only cogent goal of FTUSA. Boycott FTUSA products, or better yet, rip them from the shelves and hurl them into the streets, denounce the vendors who stock them, and flagellate the FTUSA staff with long bamboo canes...so as not to contaminate yourselves... I heartily agree with Jeronimo Pruijn van Engelen. It is fairly obvious to the entire world that FTUSA has permanently and finally discredited itself, and no longer has a place in the fiar trade movement. Plantations ain’t fair trade, no matter what anybody says or does, but they can afford to pay certification fees, the collection of which is clearly the only cogent goal of FTUSA. Boycott FTUSA products, or better yet, rip them from the shelves and hurl them into the streets, denounce the vendors who stock them, and flagellate the FTUSA staff with long bamboo canes…so as not to contaminate yourselves…

]]> Comment on Some Insights Into What FTUSA Leaving FLO Means for Producers & the Movement – According to a Producer Leader by Ted Weihe http://www.fairtraderesource.org/2011/11/29/some-insights-into-what-ftusa-leaving-flo-means-for-producers-the-movement-according-to-a-producer-leader/comment-page-1/#comment-1558 Ted Weihe Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:31:14 +0000 http://www.fairtraderesource.org/?p=7233#comment-1558 I have been involved in cooperative development internationally for 35 years. The long history of coops is about opening market space for small producers against oligarchic forces. The way to expand the markets for cooperatives is to treat them as group-based businesses, adopt standard coop financial principles of member equity based on usage and not to expect them to carry out social programs under FT. We need to work together to grow small farmer coops so that they have market power, reach more poor farmers and address anti-competitive practices by larger farms and plantations. FT premiums should used to built equity of members which will result in more loyalty, and not for feel-good social projects which NGOs and others can do better. I have been involved in cooperative development internationally for 35 years. The long history of coops is about opening market space for small producers against oligarchic forces. The way to expand the markets for cooperatives is to treat them as group-based businesses, adopt standard coop financial principles of member equity based on usage and not to expect them to carry out social programs under FT. We need to work together to grow small farmer coops so that they have market power, reach more poor farmers and address anti-competitive practices by larger farms and plantations. FT premiums should used to built equity of members which will result in more loyalty, and not for feel-good social projects which NGOs and others can do better.

]]> Comment on Events/Calendar by Coffee gift packs http://www.fairtraderesource.org/link-up/events-calendar/comment-page-1/#comment-1554 Coffee gift packs Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:11:04 +0000 http://ftrn.shatter.org/linkup/eventscalendar/#comment-1554 [...] coffee sampling, and music.Interested in attending one of these Coffee Break Events? Go to: http://www.fairtraderesource.org/link-up/events-calendar/ to check out local availability. Keeping you updated on coffee gift packs is the main intention of [...] [...] coffee sampling, and music.Interested in attending one of these Coffee Break Events? Go to: http://www.fairtraderesource.org/link-up/events-calendar/ to check out local availability. Keeping you updated on coffee gift packs is the main intention of [...]

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