It was the early 2000s at Equal Exchange when it became clear that the company was growing fast. We had many opportunities — like looking…
Read moreTea provides a taste of place – the growing region’s soil and elevation, its rainfall, the season. Cultivating it requires hard work and skill. And…
Read moreFor over ten years, the Catholic parish of St. Mary of the Angels in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, has been a constant and…
Read moreHANDS IN THE DIRT In early spring, gardeners in the USA welcome warmer weather by pouring over our seed catalogs, readying the soil in our…
Read moreAt Equal Exchange, our concern for the quality of small-scale producers’ lives is matched only by our attention to the quality of our finished…
Read moreBy Danielle Robidoux, Action Forum Organizer As consumers, as people, we are pretty disconnected from most of our products. We may believe a label brings…
Read moreInternational Women’s Day is March 8th. We hope you’ll join us by raising a cup of your favorite brew to women producers, leaders…
Read moreWe’re pretty sure that chocolate made under fair conditions tastes the best! That’s why we only buy cacao and sugar from democratically…
Read moreDid you know that your purchases support projects that help level the playing field for small-scale farmers? Equal Exchange allocates a portion of sales…
Read moreLast month, we traveled to the West Bank to visit our Palestinian suppliers of organic extra virgin olive oil. At Equal Exchange, we are more…
Read moreby Equal Exchange Quality Control Manager Beth Ann Caspersen. Pictured above: Beth Ann with participants in the Gender Equity Training hosted by Coffee Quality Institute…
Read moreEarlier this summer, Green Coffee Buyer Carly Kadlec traveled to Chiapas, Mexico to visit our farmer partners at Comon Yaj Noptic Cooperative. Here she shares…
Read moreSugar. It seems like such a simple thing. The essential ingredient we so often buy in the U.S. that ends up in something delicious…
Read moreWe’re proud to offer fairly traded, organic olive oil grown by small-scale farmers in the West Bank. We believe this olive oil…
Read moreHow do your fellow parishioners react when you propose fairly traded coffee for sale or fellowship hour? Do you get a yawn, or a pat…
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