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St Augustine Books Adds Fair Trade Products to Its Inventory by Marla Murphy, St. Augustine Books by-the-Sea Buyer GHANA
Divine Chocolate Bars The Kuapa Kokoo cooperative represents 45,000 cocoa farmers in Ghana. The farmers participate directly in the decisions made by the organization and share in any potential profits. The growers receive above-market Fair Trade premiums for their cocoa beans which they process and send on to Germany to be made into chocolate bars. The co-op also funds community development projects like wells and schools. SWAZILAND
Lime Marmalade
Made from fresh fruit, spices and sugar.
The Eswatini Swazi Kitchen generates employment for women who make jams, chutneys, and marmalades and is a part of an organization that is addressing both the roots and the impact of severe poverty in Swaziland. It is an income generating project which provides housing, food and education at several centers to former street children, many of whom are HIV/AIDS orphans. PERU
Organic Chocolate Covered Brazil Nuts
10.5 oz. Box $10.50 Candela Peru works with 273 Brazil nut gatherers who live in the Peruvian rainforest. The nuts are harvested from trees that grow naturally and reach heights of over 150 feet. Purchases of Candela's Brazil nuts and Brazil nut oil provide an income to the nut harvesters and their families and promote sustainable use of the Peruvian rainforest. WHITE EARTH RESERVATION
Pure Maple Syrup In northern Minnesota, the Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) people grow and produce traditional native foods. Native Harvest provides jobs for tribal members and promotes traditional foods and works to preserve cultural practices, encourage sound land stewardship and promote sustainable development of their community. Their programs include classes in the Anishinaabekwe language, food and energy self-sufficiency, and preservation of traditional crops that are used in the schools and in their "Good Food" program for the elderly, which combats malnutrition and high rates of diabetes. ISRAEL/PALESTINE
Extra Virgin Olive Oil Sindyanna of Galilee was established as nonprofit organization in 1996 to work with the Arab population in western Galilee. Founded and managed by women, Sindyanna's uniqueness is that it works in partnership with Israelis and Palestinians, and that it combines commercial activity and community work. One of Sindyanna's primary activities is to restore and develop the Arab olive industry in Israel and secure a fair return for Arab farmers. PLUS MORE…
Thank you for supporting Fair Trade throughout the world. St. Augustine Books. Copyright © 2009 St. Augustine by-the-Sea
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