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Oké-Dokey
Jonathan Rosenthal, fair-trade fruit purveyor, answers readers' questions |
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13 Oct 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Don't you think it is strange that people will cheer your environmental efforts when you transport fruit a thousand miles? -- Brandon Fedor, Plano, Texas Jonathan Rosenthal, top banana at fair-trade fruit company Oké USA. Yes, I do. One of the interesting things about fair trade is that for many it becomes the solution. For me, fair trade is an opening -- a window into reassessing choices we make a ... |
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| Topics: business, food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Tricks of the Fair Trade
Jonathan Rosenthal, fair-trade fruit purveyor, answers Grist's questions |
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09 Oct 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Jonathan Rosenthal. What work do you do? I am the top banana at Oké USA, a new fair-trade fruit company owned by farmers, fair-trade organizations, and nonprofits. What does your organization do? Oké USA is a new model of fair trade that links farmers, fair-trade organizations, and eaters. Farmers get a fair price, a fair share, and a fair say; eaters get a delicious banana at a fair pri ... |
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| Topics: business, food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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