6/12/2020
In this update from Eunice Jijon Jarquin and Alyssa Melendez, learn about Equal Exchange’s fair trade avocado partnership with La Grama in Peru…
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4/10/2020
Small-scale farmers struggled to maintain an economic foothold before the coronavirus pandemic. Now, their work has become even more of an uphill battle. A…
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2/25/2020
Buyers, importers, roasters and consumers of specialty coffee are having a big and important conversation right now about coffee prices. Regardless of our role in…
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2/1/2020
Give chocolate that skips all the bad stuff! Here’s what to watch out for in your Valentine’s, Halloween, or Easter chocolate…
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1/24/2020
Many of us who eat meat buy it at the grocery store. We don’t know exactly where it comes from or how the…
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10/7/2019
“Bean to Bar” is a concept you may have seen on your favorite chocolate wrapper. But if you live in North America, like I do…
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9/6/2019
Grab a glass and listen in to our podcast guest Molly Madden of RedHen Collective, who joined Danielle on The Stories Behind Our Food to…
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8/12/2019
The modern grocery basket is a true symbol of human innovation. Its contents span continents, offering a taste of all things weird and wonderful, at…
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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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2/7/2019
By Emily Ambrose, Equal Exchange In early January, I wrote a piece highlighting my experience as a dairy farmer and the path that led to…
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1/25/2019
Next week, the Equal Exchange organizing deparment will be cohosting a webinar with Oxfam America on their Behind the Barcodes Campaign. Join us on Tuesday…
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1/3/2019
By Emily Ambrose, Organizer, Equal Exchange Being new at Equal Exchange has been like returning to school. I am constantly learning the intricacies of building…
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11/15/2018
Equal Exchange avocado supporters may remember that in October 2016, Equal Exchange avocados were unavailable for about 2 weeks due to strikes in Mexico. You…
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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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2/20/2018
By Danielle Robidoux, Action Forum Organizer As consumers, as people, we are pretty disconnected from most of our products. We may believe a label brings…
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