Is Fair Trade Chocolate Fair Enough?

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Published Feb. 14, 2010 at 6:23 p.m.
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Is the green tea Kit Kat fair trade, too? Photo by Whatley dude via Flickr Okay, you won't be giving your sweetheart a Kit Kat bar for Valentine's Day, but hopefully your gift of chocolate bonbons was fair trade -- and organic. Kit Kat, the chocolate wafer bar manufactured by Nestlé, did go fair trade in December, and Green & Black ...

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Cafe Orzo: The New Coffee Alternative From Italy

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Published Dec. 9, 2009 at 2:32 p.m.
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Image via: Cafe Orzo The next time you're in Italy, meandering the streets, marveling at the architecture and just spending a lazy day hanging out at one cafe after another, why not try the new trendy coffee alternative showing up in cafes across the country. Cafe Orzo, isn't really coffee at all, but it brews the same way and comes fair trade and certified organic ...

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Eco-Products Recycled Coffee Cup, Now With the Most Recycled Content

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Published Oct. 5, 2009 at 12:34 p.m.
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Image via: Eco-Products While we still think that bringing your own reusable mug or water bottle is best, for those organic, fair trade, hip coffee shops out there in need of something a little more green, we introduce the Eco-Products recycled coffee cup, now with more recycled content ... Now, if all 16 billion paper hot coffee cups used more recycl ...

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Trader Joe's Flunks Sustainable Seafoods 101 (Again)

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Published July 1, 2009 at 5:18 a.m.
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Fish in a bag at TJ's - convenient but not all that green. Photo inuyaki.com via flickr. C'mon, you know a Trader Joe's addict or two, don't you? It's sometimes impossible to resist the combination of lower prices and lots of organic and even Fair Trade basics. But when you are planning to put fish on the menu, TJ's is not the place to shop, according to an update of the Supermarket Seafood Scorecard released by Greenpeace. Trader Joe's has done no ...

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Reusable Coffee Cozies: Upcycled, DIY, and Silicone Sleeves Reduce Cardboard

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Published June 23, 2009 at 3:27 p.m.
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Dump the disposable sleeve. Photo via flickr by Mykl Roventine Yeah, its best to bring your own ceramic mug with a handle to the café to fill your cup with coffee or tea, but when it’s left at home and you’re in line waiting for your fair trade organic soy latte, at least BYOC (bring your own cozy) instead of using a cardboard sleeve, even if it is recycled ...

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Sustainable Harvest International Offers Fair Trade Chocolate Tours in Belize

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Published June 15, 2009 at 6:00 a.m.
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photo: Sustainable Harvest As you sink your teeth into that decadent chunk of bitterly dark, Fair Trade chocolate, you can’t help but thank the chocolate gods that such an indulgent treat was ever invented. And now you can take your thanks straight to the source. Sustainable Harvest Chocolate Tours allow you to see where your Fair Trade, organic chocolate comes from and how this incredibly important industry helps the communities it serves ...

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New Biodynamic Tea by Zhena's Gypsy Tea

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Published May 18, 2009 at 2:12 p.m.
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Image via: Getty Images Demeter certified Biodynamic balanced tea, in five refreshing, summer fruit flavors, is the latest offering by Zhena's Gypsy Tea, maker of organic, fair trade and now biodynamic teas. Now, you've heard of green, natural, even herbal teas, but biodynamic? What does that mean and how does it affect your tea experience? Keep reading to find out more ...

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What Is The True Cost of Chocolate?

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Published Feb. 23, 2009 at 2:10 p.m.
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Original Beans The modern chocolate industry has a long history marred by slavery and deforestation. From the birth of the industry with the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs to the modern industry centered in West Africa the problems have remained constant. Organic, fair trade chocolate has become more prevalent over the past couple of years, but one company has taken their commitment to creating an ecologically and socially sustainable product to the next level ...

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Crema Coffee

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Published Dec. 23, 2008 at 9:51 p.m.

Crema serves delicious organic coffees made with 49th Parallel beans, brought via direct trade, an exchange which is considered a much better deal for the coffee farmers than fair trade ... read more ...

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