7/14/2019
Shade-grown coffee is as natural as it comes — the low-to-the-ground plant thrives as part of a healthy ecosystem surrounded by…
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4/22/2019
It’s not a secret: due to human activity – particularly the activity of the most privileged – the Earth is in crisis. This year…
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3/28/2019
Last December, members of Equal Exchange’s chocolate team met with our sugarcane co-op partners, Manduvira. Located in the Southern Hemisphere, Paraguay experiences its…
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3/14/2019
The U.S. market tends to treat bananas as commodities, as in unspecialized products that are virtually interchangeable, regardless of origin. Following a century of…
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2/26/2019
Hey, it’s another episode of The Stories Behind Our Food, live and ready for you to listen! Here it is! You can hear…
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2/1/2019
Have you ever tried natural process coffee? If you have, you probably noticed a difference! Known as “naturals” in the specialty coffee industry, these coffees…
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10/15/2018
You probably already know that cacao is the crop from which cocoa and chocolate are made. West African countries like Ghana and Côte d…
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10/8/2018
We recently interviewed Cristina Liberati, who administers grants that support farmer cooperatives in Latin America as they improve their quality, productivity, and financial stability. Because…
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5/29/2018
HANDS IN THE DIRT In early spring, gardeners in the USA welcome warmer weather by pouring over our seed catalogs, readying the soil in our…
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9/7/2017
When shopping for olive oil, you might notice a few terms commonly used to describe it: extra virgin, unrefined, cold-pressed, organic — but what…
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8/7/2017
Earlier this summer, Green Coffee Buyer Carly Kadlec traveled to Chiapas, Mexico to visit our farmer partners at Comon Yaj Noptic Cooperative. Here she shares…
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3/13/2017
Chocolate is undeniably one of the most popular treats around, and one of the most widely available. But do you ever stop and think about…
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6/6/2016
It’s bad enough that small coffee farmers get peanuts for their beans, and face natural and human disasters like unusual hurricanes or gang violence…
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3/16/2015
In January 2015, I had the extraordinary privilege of joining an Equal Exchange/PCUSA delegation to Nicaragua. These delegations connect supporters of Fair Trade, and…
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1/28/2015
“Breaking the crust” is a term used in coffee cupping to describe the action of using a spoon to release the true aroma…
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