Fairfood Friday #37
Every Friday we round up the most interesting, inspiring or funny stories we came across while conducting research for our news stories. This week: For All the Coffee in China – Leaves versus beans.
Transparency shines ray of hope
In September of last year, Fairfood International launched a campaign towards the soon-to-be second largest snack food company in the world, Diamond Foods, demanding transparency concerning the risk of child labour in their supply chain. The company recently published a declaration on their website in response to a new law, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act.
Fairfood Friday #36
Every Friday we round up the most interesting, inspiring or funny stories we came across while conducting research for our news stories. This week: Flower Power – In matters of clever design, nature has often got there first.
Co-Advocacy in Poland
Fairfood International and Polish Green Network (PGN) have decided to team up to advocate sustainability to food companies in Eastern Europe. On a recent visit to Kraków, Poland, Fairfood together with PGN held a training session titled Co-Advocacy in Poland.
Fairfood Friday #35
Every Friday we round up the most interesting, inspiring or funny stories we came across while conducting research for our news stories. This week: 8 Mighty Rivers Run Dry From Overuse.
Grab your camera and join the Bittersweet contest
An estimated 1.8 million children still work in the cocoa industry, some of whom work in deplorable conditions. The 10 Campaign is working to eliminate child labour in the cocoa-industries of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, where two-thirds of the world’s cocoa is grown. As a member of the 10 Campaign, Fairfood International is launching the Bittersweet photo contest to raise awareness for these issues.
Fairfood Friday #34
Every Friday we round up the most interesting, inspiring or funny stories we came across while conducting research for our news stories. This week: Finding a Way to Put a Zebra in Your Tank – Researchers in New Orleans study animal droppings in zoos to find microbes capable of breaking down cellulose and converting it into biofuel.
Fairfood Friday #33
Every Friday we round up the most interesting, inspiring or funny stories we came across while conducting research for our news stories. This week: Ethical Food: Four New Year´s Resolutions That You Can Keep
Fairfood Friday #32
Every Friday we’ll round up the most interesting, inspiring or funny stories we came across while conducting research for our news stories. This week: Cooking from scratch is the best way to eat sustainably without breaking the bank – so why don´t we do it more?
A look at the year that was
Significant successes in our international advocacy, a new Executive Director, a new project in the Philippines, and a surge in international support are just a few of the highlights of 2011.
To mark the end of this eventful year, we’ve compiled a list of the top ten most well read news stories on our website that also aptly summarise just what we did at Fairfood International in 2011.
