fair trade +: February 2010

Big News. Last Wednesday, February 10 the Chicago City Council voted in favor of designating Chicago a Fair Trade City, demonstrating the city's commitment to expand support for fair trade in the metropolitan area.

Macadamia

During the worst periods of the coffee crisis, development groups were advising coffee producers to abandon the crop and move to growing another commodity for export. Various green NGOs recommended macadamia as a viable shade tree for coffee and eventual substitute crop. Macadamia is recognized for its environmental benefits from high rates of carbon sequestration. The stages of production and processing for macadamia are similar to coffee. However. most producers I spoke with in Guatemala reject macadamia as a viable shade tree for coffee because it is a stout and broad-branching plant.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Chicago becomes a Fair Trade City

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