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
When you purchase a conventional banana at a grocery store, there are certain costs that your everyday low price covers: the fruit itself; the international…
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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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9/21/2018
It was the early 2000s at Equal Exchange when it became clear that the company was growing fast. We had many opportunities — like looking…
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9/10/2018
By Jennifer Pruess, Equal Exchange Equal Exchange has been operating in the Portland, Oregon area since the mid 1990’s. As a worker-owner of…
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8/16/2018
Written by Rose Smith, Megan Straughen and Frankie Pondolph On June 22-24th workers-owners of Equal Exchange Frankie Pondolph and Rose Smith along with…
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7/27/2018
By Frankie Pondolph, Action Forum Organizer Building off of the success of our June Summit, the Action Forum hosted our second summit of the year…
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6/27/2018
By Frankie Pondolph and Danielle Robidoux, Action Forum Organizers Since the creation of Equal Exchange 32 years ago, people and relationships have always been at…
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4/27/2018
Welcome to the Food Revolution. Happy May Day! International Workers’ Day is near to our hearts here at Equal Exchange. After all, we’re one…
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2/6/2018
Last year, Deepak Khandelwal wrote critically about fair trade certification and the contradictions of its apparent success. I would like to dive deeper into that…
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1/16/2018
By Dee Walls, Food Safety Coordinator Each January, against my own better judgement, I sit down and write out my resolutions for the coming year…
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7/5/2017
Sugar. It seems like such a simple thing. The essential ingredient we so often buy in the U.S. that ends up in something delicious…
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6/20/2017
What does democracy mean to you? Do you believe that you are an active citizen in a democracy? How about in your food system? To…
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6/19/2017
You can be a part of changing the food system! For over 30 years, Equal Exchange has worked together with farmers and consumers to change…
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4/25/2017
I started at Equal Exchange almost two years ago, as a sales rep in Philadelphia. The path that led me here to our co-op…
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