Tag: Fair Trade
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Fair Trade Chocolate, Tea, Spice and Coffee Sales Jump 75 Percent, Study Says
Chocolate, tea and more goodies partner with Fair Trade USA which expands farming programs and experiences record sales.
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Ask the Experts: Why Don't More Companies Use Ethically-Sourced Ingredients?
What's the biggest factor preventing more companies developing ethical sourcing policies for their ingredients? Ben Packard from Starbucks answers.
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10 Fairtrade, Organic, and Vegan Sources For Easter Chocolate
Buying ethically produced chocolate bunnies, bars, and eggs for Easter is a lot more difficult than you'd think. Choose from these companies for a guilt-free Easter basket.
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Not Only are Single Cup Coffee Pods A Ridiculous Waste of Materials, They Are A Worse Waste of Money
You are paying as much as fifty bucks a pound for the convenience of making lousy coffee.
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New Fair Trade, Organic Vodka Made of Quinoa Packs Superfood Punch
Can vodka be...healthy? FAIR.'s organic and fair trade vodka might be the closest you'll get.
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Hot Sand and Skill Turns Plastic Bottles into Jewelry at Sahrawi Refugee Camp (Photos)
This technique transforms used plastic bottles into beautiful jewelry by burying them into hot desert sand -- and the project creates a sustainable business for Saharawi refugees.
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Superfood Hunter Darin Olien Has a Really Fun Job
Shakeology's "Ingredient Hunter" travels the world in search of foods used by shamans and medicine men to promote good health.
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Apple Lifts the Curtain on Chinese Labor and Environmental Manufacturing Practices
As transparency in China increases in the wake of Apple's reaction to the Foxconn scandal, what can we expect?
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DIY Fashion Design Competition Seeks Submissions
Think your fashion design is ready for the big time? DIY With IOU is a sustainable design competition which will give one talent the opportunity to design his or her own line.
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Wake Up With Leonardo DiCaprio’s Fair Trade Organic Coffee
Now you can get your morning coffee fix celebrity-style, thanks to an alliance between Leonardo DiCaprio and LaColumbe coffee -- plus, all proceeds support sustainable initiatives.
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Fair Trade USA Splits From International Fair Trade Organization, Favoring the Corporatization of Coffee
Fair Trade USA splits from the rest of the world over the support of coops and the small farmer vs big corporate control of coffee
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The Real Cost of Our Clothes (Video)
As most environmentalists know, there are hidden costs behind most price labels. This video explores how to uncover those facts.
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Hip Organic Hoodies and T-Shirts From British Weather Office are Tribute to Fickle Climate
Wear the weather on your chest with these organic tops by the Met Office and Rapanui.
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How FibrEthik Promotes Fair Trade and Organic Practices in the Cotton Industry
Cotton is ubiquitous in modern life but the long trail between the fields in which the crop grows and the store at which a finished item is purchased is seldom considered.
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Green Holiday Gifts for for Your Favourite Girlfriend
From mod earings and necklaces to sweet cell phone and MP3 cases, these green girly gifts will please the ladies on your holiday list.
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Fully Organic Monkee Genes is First Denim Brand Approved by England's Soil Association
The chic jeans are available in super skinny, 70s flare, babycords, and more.
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Bringing Sustainable Alpaca Wool Mainstream: A Small English Company Takes the Charge
Alpaca wool is warm, soft, light-weight, and hypoallergenic -- and no harsh chemicals are used in its cleaning.
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Good Food Awards Announce Year Two Finalists
While you may not have heard of the Good Food Awards, there is a good chance you've enjoyed food from some of their winners. The not-for-profit organization celebrates not only the kind of food we should be eating but the kind we want to eat.
