Wade is off the grid, so please enjoy this re-posting of a blog on Fair Trade from October 2011. New Orleans While I was out of the country it seems Paul Rice, the CEO of FairTrade USA, came to speak at one of the local colleges, Tulane University, as part of a promo for a …
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Fairtrade Coffee and the Port of New Orleans
New Orleans This week for the first time I attended a meeting of the Port Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. Having written the head of the Port for help in getting more fairtrade coffee shipped through New Orleans and receiving no answer, it seemed I had little choice but to take a shot at …
Cooperatives and Building Productive Democracy
Madison I took one wrong turn and ended up on the wrong side of the track waiting for a train, which only heightened my anticipation at what the Just Coffee Cooperative of coffee roasters might be like. From across the tracks the street seemed to be smaller multi-unit apartments nicely appointed running down a row. Finally …