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Marks & Spencer to sell Fairtrade vegetables - The Guardian
Marks & Spencer to sell Fairtrade vegetables
The Guardian
Marks & Spencer became the first UK retailer to launch Fairtrade Foundation-certified vegetables, after two years of negotiations with the certifying body. ...
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Ivorian cocoa arrivals not true reflection of output - AgraNet (subscription)
Ivorian cocoa arrivals not true reflection of output
AgraNet (subscription)
IVORY Coast's official cocoa output figures may overstate the country's real production by tens of thousands of tonnes, pointing to steeper-than-expected ...
Government neglect may ruin Nigerian cocoa hopes - AgraNet (subscription)
Government neglect may ruin Nigerian cocoa hopes
AgraNet (subscription)
HIGH cocoa prices over the last year have encouraged Nigerian growers to boost output, but many fear the government's neglect of the sector may scuttle ...
Clinton calls for fair trade ahead of economic talks with China - Earthtimes (press release)
Earthtimes (press release)
Clinton calls for fair trade ahead of economic talks with China
Earthtimes (press release)
By : dpa Beijing - US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton on Sunday urged more favourable trade conditions with China, ahead of strategic talks in Beijing, ...
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M&S is chasing the little terrors - Times Online
Times Online
M&S is chasing the little terrors
Times Online
Claire Stephens used to buy her three boys' clothes from Marks & Spencer. Now the 29-year-old from Crawley, West Sussex, doesn't bother looking. ...
Throwaway Britain - Times Online
Throwaway Britain
Times Online
Fair trade, food miles, sustainability – there are a lot of food issues out there. But the one that gets consistently ignored is waste These days it seems ...
Cumbrian man gets MBE for Fairtrade - Times & Star
Cumbrian man gets MBE for Fairtrade
Times & Star
A Cumbrian campaigner has been given an MBE for services to Oxfam and the Fairtrade movement. Joe Human, 69, was given the award at Buckingham Palace ...
AAK shares tumble as growing cocoa rivalry bites - Agrimoney.com
AAK shares tumble as growing cocoa rivalry bites
Agrimoney.com
Shares in AarhusKarlshamn plunged by more than 10% after the vegetable oils company warned that growing competition had dented its prospects for exploiting ...
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Cocoa to suffer fourth deficit in five years - Agrimoney.com
Cocoa to suffer fourth deficit in five years
Agrimoney.com
World cocoa supplies are even tighter than had been thought, thanks to a reluctance among farmers to raise production above ever-greater prospects for ...
Brazil coffee stockpiling plan would revive pricesAgrimoney.com
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Cocoa to suffer fourth deficit in five years - Agrimoney.com
Cocoa to suffer fourth deficit in five years
Agrimoney.com
World cocoa supplies are even tighter than had been thought, thanks to a reluctance among farmers to raise production above ever-greater prospects for ...
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Co-operatives plan to raise profile - Marketing Week
Marketing Week
Co-operatives plan to raise profile
Marketing Week
Co-operatives UK is planning a major sector-wide campaign called Co-operatives Fortnight to spread the message about the co-operative alternative across the ...
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Indonesian cocoa and CPO export taxes unchanged - AgraNet (subscription)
Indonesian cocoa and CPO export taxes unchanged
AgraNet (subscription)
INDONESIA will keep its crude palm oil (CPO) export tax at 4.5% in June and maintain its cocoa export tax at 10%, an official at the industry ministry said ...
Waving the green flag for Ledbury - Ledbury Reporter
Waving the green flag for Ledbury
Ledbury Reporter
STUDENTS from John Masefield High School will be waving the school's eco-flag at the Ledbury Green Fair tomorrow (Saturday, May 22). ...
'Fair trade' doesn't feed the hungry - The Periscope Post
The Periscope Post
'Fair trade' doesn't feed the hungry
The Periscope Post
Fair trade and organic produce, while nice, don't feed the hungry. Photo credit: Joseph J. Molnar Modern eco-foodies are a well-intentioned sort, ...
Third-party coalitions get seal of approval - mad.co.uk
Third-party coalitions get seal of approval
mad.co.uk
It is not just Prime Minister David Cameron that needs third-party support, household brands are discovering that accreditations from independent ...
Nigeria October-March cocoa exports rise to 152610 tonnes - The Africa Report
Nigeria October-March cocoa exports rise to 152610 tonnes
The Africa Report
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- Ghanaian cocoa purchases 9% lower year-on-year - AgraNet (subscription)
- Huge Kraft deal sends Barry Callebaut soaring - Agrimoney.com
- Thorntons pledges to keep prices fixed despite rising costs - Mirror.co.uk
- How to make perfect brownies - The Guardian
- Hotel Chocolat finds it has plenty of room for expansion - Independent
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