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"Organic Oromian Coffee – An Interview with Joe Riemann of Equal Exchange"
Ogina, Summer, 2008
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"About Chocolaty Goodness"
GreenMoney Journal, Summer, 2008
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"Is Fair Trade Becoming 'Fair Trade Lite'?"
BusinessWeek, June 18, 2008
"Church Groups Espouse Fair Trade"
BusinessWeek, June 18, 2008
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"Daily Grind: Mugshots raises awareness for fair-trade coffee farmers in Peru"
Philadelphia Weekly, June 16, 2008
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"Fair Trade: Providing A Way Out Of Poverty "
Suffolk Life, June 4, 2008
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"Preserving diversity and promoting small farmers through cooperative coffee" (pdf)
Honest Weight Food Co-op Newsletter, May, 2008
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"Equal Exchange Serves Up a Cup of Cooperation"
U.S. News & World Report, April 24, 2008
"Why Workplace Democracy Can Be Good Business"
U.S. News & World Report, April 24, 2008
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| Last summer investors and grocery managers accompanied four worker-owners from Equal Exchange on a 10 day delegation to visit with our partners in the CEPICAFE co-operative in northern Peru. Then this spring those same investors and grocery managers hosted one of the farmers with whom they stayed. Here you may read the personal accounts of the trip from six of our guests and a report of the farmer's visit. |
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"Coffee co-op stimulates both producers and consumers"
Capital Press, May 30, 2008 |
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"Fair trade: buying with a conscience"
Chico Enterprise Record, November 25, 2007 |
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"Laura Lawless in Peru: Fair Trade Coffee Up Close" (pdf)
Newsletter of The Food Co-op, Port Townsend, October/November, 2007 |
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"From Farm to Cup: A Journey to the Coffee Regions of Peru" (pdf)
Newsletter of LifeSource Natural Foods, October, 2007 |
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"The Intimacy of Cooperation: Reflections on Peru's Cepicafe" (pdf)
Madison Market Newsletter, September/October, 2007 |
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"America’s Supply Chain Transparency Problem"
Jeff's NewsCloud Journal, September 18th, 2007 |
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"Strategic View: What Fair Trade means for Alejandro and Élida Maldonado"
Investing for a Better World, Trillium Asset Management Corporation Newsletter, Fall, 2007 |
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The Easiest Chocolate Pudding (not quite from scratch)
Candyblog, April 15, 2008
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"Equal Exchange Introduces Fair Trade Curriculum for Young Students" (pdf)
Update newsletter of the Association of Cooperative Educators, Spring 2008 |
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"Called to Nicaragua" (pdf)
The Tie That Binds newsletter of the Presbytery of Northern Kansas, Winter 2008 |
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"Stripped Teas: Equal Exchange Small-Grower Teas"
Daily Candy, February 5, 2008 |
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"Our Top Picks: Organic Dark Chocolate" (pdf)
Bon Appetit, February 2008 |
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"(Fund)Raising Awareness: One family's conscientious approach"
Smiley Pete Publishing, February 2008 |
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"Church serving up hot coffee and helping small coffee growers
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Nevada Appeal, January 22, 2008 |
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Taster's Choice: Second-place Equal Exchange Hot Cocoa
San Francisco Chronicle, January 9, 2008 |
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"Valentine Chocolates: Child Labor Inside?"
The Huffington Post, January 7, 2008 |
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"The Best Companies to Buy From" (pdf)
Consumer Reports ShopSmart, January 2008 |
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"Raising Money, Raising Consciousness"
Rethinking Schools, Winter 2007/2008 |
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"45 Social Entrepreneurs Who Are Changing the World"
Fast Company, December 2007
"Trade Secrets: At Equal Exchange, fair-trade coffee succeeds on its merits, not just its meritoriousness"
Fast Company, November 2004 |
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"Equal Exchange Fair Trade Pecans"
Midwest Natural Foods Co-ops, November/December, 2007 |
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"The New Face Of Fair Trade"
The Bulletin, November 2, 2007 |
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"Free-trade coffee farmers visit Philadelphia"
(Note: Headline should read "Fair Trade")
The Daily Pennsylvanian, October 25, 2007 |
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"Peruvians outline benefits of fair-trade coffee"
The Ithaca Journal, October 22, 2007 |
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"Keep Halloween Fair"
Green Guide, October/November, 2007 |
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"Best of Ballard: Best Coffee Shop" (pdf)
Ballard News Tribune, October 10, 2007 |
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"Meet the New Boss(es)"
Boston Magazine, September, 2007 |
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"Fair Trade Task Force expands its reach at the one-year mark"
The Voice, September, 2007 |
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"Slavery of the Cocoa Children"
The New Green Basics, August 20, 2007 |
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"How to Fundraise the Fair Way"
Green Options, August 30, 2007 |
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"Going Green: Green Labels Uncovered" (YouTube
video)
The Today Show, July 27, 2007 |
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"Fair Trade Hits Home"
The Washington Post, July 18, 2007 |
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"Equal
Exchange, 21 años de comercio justo a campesinos de tres
continentes" (pdf)
La Semana, July 12, 2007 |
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"Richer Brew for Growers"
The Lutheran, July 2007 |
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"What is Fair Trade?" (pdf)
Christ Church Newsletter, July/August 2007 |
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"Fair Trade the Co-op Way" (pdf)
Community Mercantile Co-op Newsletter, June, 2007 |
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Interview with Rodney North of Equal Exchange
(mp3 28MB)
Jordan Rich Show, June, 2007 |
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"Bringing Fair Trade Home: Equal Exchange
launches fair trade program with US farmers" (pdf)
The PHP Post, Summer, 2007 |
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"Strengthening Domestic Fair Trade"
World Changing, May 28, 2007 |
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"Changing the World Cup by Cup" (pdf)
Specialty Coffee Retailer, April, 2007 |
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"Certifying Coffee Aids Farmers and Forests in
Chiapas" (pdf)
The New York Times, April 22, 2007 |
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"Organic food? Sure, but is it cage-free?"
Christian Science Monitor, March 29, 2007 |
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Radio interview with
Rodney North: Workplace Democracy and the Cooperative Economy
(Click "Listen," to download the mp3. Please allow several minutes
for download.)
Corporate Watchdog Media, March 21, 2007 |
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Radio interview of Brian Crouth, Equal Exchange's
National Demo Coordinator (mp3 24MB)
Star 101.3 FM, Saratoga, NY, February 18, 2007 |
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"Lovers urged to eye ethical cocoa"
Reuters, February 14, 2007 |
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"Child Labor: The Hidden
Ingredient to the Billion-Dollar Chocolate Industry?"
Democracy Now, February 14, 2007 |
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"The cost of a cup of coffee"
The Saratogian, February 4, 2007
"Coffee man to visit Third World growers"
The Saratogian, January 5, 2007 |
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"Fair Trade is Building Momentum" (pdf)
Natural Food Network Magazine, January/February 2007 |
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"On Dining: Socially conscious coffee co-op hits
Ballard"
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 3, 2007 |
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Reviews for Equal Exchange chocolates & cocoa
Exploring Chocolate, November 2006 through January 2007 |
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"Fair-trade practice gathers support
from unions"
Times Union, December 8, 2006 |
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"Equal Exchange: Closing the Gap Between
Coffee Consumers and Coffee Farmers in Chiapas, Mexico" (pdf)
Transitions Abroad, November - December 2006 |
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"Bringing Fair Trade Home" (pdf)
Cooperative Grocer #127, November - December 2006
"Fair Trade Cocoa: North and South"
Cooperative Grocer #118, May - June 2005
“Farmer Co-ops vs. Plantations: An update on Fair
Trade coffee”
Cooperative Grocer Magazine, November, 2003 |
 | "All Things Being Equal" (pdf)
Entrepreneur, November, 2006
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"Fair to the last drop?"
The Boston Globe, October 22, 2006
"Grounds for success: West
Bridgewater coffee co-op makes fair trade work for farmers -- and
itself"
The Boston Globe, February 26, 2006 |
 | "Center Store: A Sip of Variety" (pdf)
Grocery Headquarters, September, 2006
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 | "Wainwright CD Producing Line of Credit for a
Client" (pdf)
American Banker Online, August 30, 2006
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"Organic Coffee/Tea Growth Leads in Center
Store" (pdf)
Supermarket News, July 31, 2006
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"Effort to repeal unfair cocoa tax in the Dominican
Republic"
Dominican Today, June 15, 2006 |
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"Bank CD to help farmers in Third World:
Sold by area bank, it’s tied to Equal Exchange"
The Patriot Ledger, June 12, 2006 |
 | "Wainwright Bank and Equal Exchange Partner to Offer
the First Branded Certificate of Deposit"
SocialFunds.com,
June 1, 2006
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"Teens try to change the world, one purchase at a
time"
The Christian Science Monitor, March 27, 2006 |
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"Equal Exchange Pioneers Fair Trade
for Small Scale Farmers in Developing Countries."
The Innovation Bank at Case Western Reserve University, March
26, 2006 |
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"Fundraiser to assist Guatemalans"
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, March 23, 2006 |
 | Equal Exchange’s Fair Trade Chocolate
(a
TV news magazine video clip, Windows Media and RealPlayer formats 2 MB
download)
Chronicle, WCVB TV 5 (ABC), Boston, February 10, 2006
A report on Equal Exchange and how our organic Fair Trade chocolate
bars create positive change for small-scale cocoa and sugar growers
in Latin America.
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 | "Ethically-produced chocolate"
Marketplace on National Public Radio, February 6, 2006
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"On Fair Trade 'Fig Leaves': Equal Exchange speaks
out on abuse of the Fair Trade system"
The Wedge Co-op Newsletter, Feb/March 2006 |
 | "Hot Cocoa: First wine, then coffee, now
chocolate: America goes gourmet. But is there a dark side?"
Utne magazine, January/February 2006
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"New challenges in the fair
trade movement"
Discussion on Fair Trade tokenism and greenwashing.
Green LA Girl Blog, January 25, 2006 |
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"Equal Exchange Ranked #23 on Boston
Business Journal's List of Area's Fastest-Growing Private
Companies"
Boston Business Journal, February 25 - March 3, 2005 |
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"How to Brew Justice: Coffee Importer Equal
Exchange Shows how to Make Good Money While Paying Farmers High
Prices"
Time Magazine, December 19, 2005
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“A look at a Fair Trade Tea success
story and Equal Exchange’s trading partners in Darjeeling, India”
From the book World Resources 2005 - The Wealth of the Poor: Managing
Ecosystems to Fight Poverty
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 | Fair Trade Coffee & Equal Exchange
(TV news video
clip, Windows Media 4 MB download)
Northwest Cable News, Seattle, April 2005
A report on Fair Trade coffee, featuring Equal Exchange, Mexican
farmer partner Edgar Flores Miguel of the FIECH cooperative, and
Seattle café owner Doug Campbell of Bulldog News & Espresso. |
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"The Life of Chocolate"
Pomegranate Seeds, Fall, 2005 |
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"Friends’ Economic Witness & Sustainable
Commerce"
Quaker Eco-Bulletin, Volume 5 Number 3, May-June 2005 |
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"Sweet Revenge: Fair
Trade Chocolate"
Vegetarian Times, February 2005 |
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"Investing for Change"
Seattle Weekly, January 26 - February 1, 2005 |
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"Lessons from a Coffee Supply Chain"
Supply Chain Management Review, October 1, 2004 |
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"The Story of 11 Co-ops and 1 Chocolate Bar"
Rainbow Grocery, October 2004 |
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"A Cup of Justice"
The Mennonite, May 4, 2004 |
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"From Lattas to Lattes: A Fair Trade journey" (pdf)
Rollin' Oats Journal (Linden Hills Co-op), April-May, 2004 |
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"The Coffee/Conscience Connection"
St. Anthony Messenger, February 2004 |
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"Brewing a Better Cup: As fair
trade coffee gains ground with consumers, the industry's big players
join in, leading to calls of 'greenwashing'"
Tide Pool, January 21, 2004 |
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"No Jive Java" (pdf)
Hope Magazine, July/August, 2003 |
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"Coffee roasters rev up PR machines on low
coffee prices"
Dow Jones Newswires, November 7, 2001 |
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"Robbing Coffee's Cradle - GM coffee and its threat to poor
farmers" (pdf)
ActionAid, May 15, 2001 |
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"Workers' rights a tough sell to Guatemala's
plantation owners"
Chicago Tribune, April 22, 2001 |
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