Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Celebrating Fair Trade Month at Whole Foods Palo Alto

What better way to celebrate Fair Trade Month than at the Whole Foods Store in Palo Alto. Many shoppers dropped by to sample a selection of Whole Foods Fair Trade products from Alter Eco Chocolate with quinoa to Allegro Coffee from Mexico and becoming aware of how purchasing Fair Trade products guarantees small sale growers and artisans a fair price for their products thereby improving their lives and protecting the environment.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Fair Trade Event at Whole Foods Palo Alto

October is Fair Trade Month. What better way to celebrate than
at the Whole Foods Store in Palo Alto. Please drop by and learn
how purchasing Fair Trade products guarantees small sale growers
and artisans a fair price for their harvest and products thereby
improving their lives and protecting the environment. Sample a
selection of Whole Foods Fair Trade products from coffee to
popcorn to quinoa.

Date       Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 11:00am
Address
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Friday, October 14, 2011

Ten Thousand Villages hosts Fair Trade Faire

Ten Thousand Villages and Lincoln Glen  is hosting the
Fair Trade International Gift Faire on Friday, October
28 and Saturday, October 29. Please attend and
support Fair Trade and these wonderful artisans.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Grounds for Change is CarbonFree Certified

Fair Trade and the Environment

Fair Trade, Shade Grown and Organic Grounds for Change coffee
company has become the first CarbonFree Certified coffee roaster.
To make the every part of their business sustainable, they have
submitted to a formal carbon emissions audit with every step of
their production. The analysis includes the organic cultivation of
coffee plant, the sun drying of coffee beans, the transport of beans
to dry mill for hauling and coffee packaging materials, labels and
shipping boxes.
Please see http://www.groundsforchange.com/learn/carbon_neutral.php
and http://www.carbonfund.org for more information


Monday, February 14, 2011

Silicon Valley Fair Trade Meeting March 2

Join us for an organizational/informational
meeting of Silicon Valley Fair Trade,
new organization we hope will bring together 
people interested in advancing social and
economic justice worldwide through fair 
trade practices.
We’re interested in spreading the understanding 
of fair trade issues, encouraging our neighbors
and friends to purchase fair trade items, and 
increasing the stores that sell fair trade items 
in our area.By doing this, we will be helping 
people who work hard for a living and 
sometimes are treated unfairly, paid unjustly, 
or not at all.

We’re looking forward to meeting you and joining
with you!  
Bill Perry and Pat Plant
siliconvalleyfairtrade@gmail.com, pat@sanjosepby.org