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			<title><![CDATA[Fairtrade’s position on the new immigration law of the Dominican Republic]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fairtrade certified bananas form a large percentage of the total volume of exported Dominican bananas. For many years we have been working with banana producers in the Dominican Republic extending Fairtrade benefits to small farmers and workers. During that time we have been concerned about the lack of legal status of the many Haitian migrants who work in many sectors of the Dominican economy, including agriculture. The fact that most Haitian migrants lack work visa has made them vulnerable to...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Fairtrade certified bananas form a large percentage of the total volume of exported Dominican bananas. For many years we have been working with banana producers in the Dominican Republic extending Fairtrade benefits to small farmers and workers. During that time we have been concerned about the lack of legal status of the many Haitian migrants who work in many sectors of the Dominican economy, including agriculture. The fact that most Haitian migrants lack work visa has made them vulnerable to...]]></content:encoded>
			<category>Workers’ Rights</category>
			<category>Central America &amp; Mexico</category>
			
			
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[It's time to make the global food system work for smallholders]]></title>
			<link>http://www.fairtrade.net/single-view.0.html?&#38;tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=347&#38;cHash=9d9b429463d2ec066a03246774a7706b</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The report, produced by the Fairtrade Foundation, launches shortly before the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland on 8 June and lays out a five-point agenda for action, calling on leaders to use their influence to put smallholder farmers into the heart of governments’ trade policy and international business practice. 
The report highlights the global reliance on smallholder farmers for everyday foods. Roughly 30 million smallholders produce most of the world’s coffee and cocoa (80% of all coffee and...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The report, produced by the Fairtrade Foundation, launches shortly before the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland on 8 June and lays out a five-point agenda for action, calling on leaders to use their influence to put smallholder farmers into the heart of governments’ trade policy and international business practice. 
The report highlights the global reliance on smallholder farmers for everyday foods. Roughly 30 million smallholders produce most of the world’s coffee and cocoa (80% of all coffee and...]]></content:encoded>
			<category>Fair Trade Movement </category>
			<category>Press releases</category>
			
			
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 10:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fairtrade International part of new coalition to address low wages in the tea industry]]></title>
			<link>http://www.fairtrade.net/single-view.0.html?&#38;tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=346&#38;cHash=705322835eb2e387a08f15d5d0e86318</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Fairtrade International has long been championing and advocating for industry-wide change in the tea sector. Today we welcome the Oxfam and Ethical Tea Partnership report Understanding Wages in the Tea Industry and are committed to playing an active role in the new coalition bringing together tea industry actors to address the challenges of low wages in the tea industry.
Fairtrade International, the global standards and certification body committed to tackling poverty through trade, has...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Fairtrade International has long been championing and advocating for industry-wide change in the tea sector. Today we welcome the Oxfam and Ethical Tea Partnership report Understanding Wages in the Tea Industry and are committed to playing an active role in the new coalition bringing together tea industry actors to address the challenges of low wages in the tea industry.
Fairtrade International, the global standards and certification body committed to tackling poverty through trade, has...]]></content:encoded>
			<category>Workers’ Rights</category>
			<category>Tea</category>
			<category>Press releases</category>
			
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 09:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Simpler Labelling for Fairtrade Gold]]></title>
			<link>http://www.fairtrade.net/single-view.0.html?&#38;tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=345&#38;cHash=73dffbc2cc30b6555d5f99d36294fa0e</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Fairtrade labelling on gold is set to become more straightforward. 
From 22 April, the formal partnership between Fairtrade International and The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) will end, which means the dual label on gold, silver and platinum will be phased out during 2013 and replaced with the highly recognised FAIRTRADE Mark only, creating a more consumer friendly label. The FAIRTRADE Mark is the world’s best known ethical label, recognized by over 80% of consumers in several global...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Fairtrade labelling on gold is set to become more straightforward. 
From 22 April, the formal partnership between Fairtrade International and The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) will end, which means the dual label on gold, silver and platinum will be phased out during 2013 and replaced with the highly recognised FAIRTRADE Mark only, creating a more consumer friendly label. The FAIRTRADE Mark is the world’s best known ethical label, recognized by over 80% of consumers in several global...]]></content:encoded>
			<category>Standards</category>
			
			
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Celebrating Women in Fairtrade]]></title>
			<link>http://www.fairtrade.net/single-view.0.html?&#38;tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=341&#38;cHash=9814ca9bc91ce82cede408f70928c1c0</link>
			<description><![CDATA[March 8 marks International Women’s Day, and throughout Fairtrade we honour the hard-working women.
The most recent Fairtrade monitoring report indicates that women represent 20 percent of all farmers and 47 percent of hired workers in Fairtrade. Taken together, one in four Fairtrade producers are women. Women are active in all aspects of Fairtrade, from farming to processing, and in some cases, management of producer organisations and cooperatives.
The dedication of the passionate and...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[March 8 marks International Women’s Day, and throughout Fairtrade we honour the hard-working women.
The most recent Fairtrade monitoring report indicates that women represent 20 percent of all farmers and 47 percent of hired workers in Fairtrade. Taken together, one in four Fairtrade producers are women. Women are active in all aspects of Fairtrade, from farming to processing, and in some cases, management of producer organisations and cooperatives.
The dedication of the passionate and...]]></content:encoded>
			<category>Fair Trade Movement </category>
			<category>Middle East - North Africa</category>
			<category>Southeast Asia</category>
			<category>South America</category>
			
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:17:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[In Memory of a True Fair Trader]]></title>
			<link>http://www.fairtrade.net/single-view.0.html?&#38;tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=339&#38;cHash=3ba245ba183d4a42d1a946325ca14a48</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On 13 February Raúl del Águila, a Fairtrade producer and dedicated Fair Trader, passed away in Nuremberg, Germany, where he was attending a trade fair. As a strong leader in the global Fair Trade movement, Raúl’s network was wide and the effect of his life’s work touched everyone working for trade justice.
As Manager of COCLA, one of Peru’s largest coffee cooperatives, Raúl was dedicated to serve the interests of ‘pequeños productores,’ the small producers, and made sure their voice was heard...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[On 13 February Raúl del Águila, a Fairtrade producer and dedicated Fair Trader, passed away in Nuremberg, Germany, where he was attending a trade fair. As a strong leader in the global Fair Trade movement, Raúl’s network was wide and the effect of his life’s work touched everyone working for trade justice.
As Manager of COCLA, one of Peru’s largest coffee cooperatives, Raúl was dedicated to serve the interests of ‘pequeños productores,’ the small producers, and made sure their voice was heard...]]></content:encoded>
			<category>Fair Trade Movement </category>
			<category>South America</category>
			<category>Coffee</category>
			
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[En memoria de un verdadero embajador del comercio justo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.fairtrade.net/single-view.0.html?&#38;tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=340&#38;cHash=6538ef20cd01e80158137cfd4ef71360</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Raúl del Águila, un productor Fairtrade y un dedicado embajador del comercio justo, falleció el 13 de febrero en Nuremberg, Alemania, en donde se encontraba visitando una feria comercial. Siendo un fuerte líder del movimiento global del comercio justo, la red de amigos y colegas de Raúl es amplia y los efectos del trabajo desempeñado toda su vida han conmovido a todos los que trabajan por la equidad comercial. 
Como gerente general de COCLA, una de las cooperativas de café más grandes de Perú,...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Raúl del Águila, un productor Fairtrade y un dedicado embajador del comercio justo, falleció el 13 de febrero en Nuremberg, Alemania, en donde se encontraba visitando una feria comercial. Siendo un fuerte líder del movimiento global del comercio justo, la red de amigos y colegas de Raúl es amplia y los efectos del trabajo desempeñado toda su vida han conmovido a todos los que trabajan por la equidad comercial. 
Como gerente general de COCLA, una de las cooperativas de café más grandes de Perú,...]]></content:encoded>
			
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fairtrade Announces Three-Year Global Strategy to ‘Unlock the Power of the Many’]]></title>
			<link>http://www.fairtrade.net/single-view.0.html?&#38;tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=338&#38;cHash=cc31885b7015e04845f20279328c7df2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Fairtrade International (FLO) CEO Harriet Lamb announced Fairtrade’s new global three-year strategic framework today at BioFach, the world’s largest organic trade fair in Nuremburg.
“With our 2013-2015 strategy ‘Unlocking the Power of the Many’ we seek to be at the cutting edge of reforming global trade in favour of justice, unlocking the power of disadvantaged farmers and workers and the consumers who support them,” says Lamb.
Fairtrade’s new strategy seeks to intensify work with...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Fairtrade International (FLO) CEO Harriet Lamb announced Fairtrade’s new global three-year strategic framework today at BioFach, the world’s largest organic trade fair in Nuremburg.
“With our 2013-2015 strategy ‘Unlocking the Power of the Many’ we seek to be at the cutting edge of reforming global trade in favour of justice, unlocking the power of disadvantaged farmers and workers and the consumers who support them,” says Lamb.
Fairtrade’s new strategy seeks to intensify work with...]]></content:encoded>
			<category>Press releases</category>
			<category>Fair Trade Movement </category>
			
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:57:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fairtrade Access Fund's first loan to COPROCAEL co-op in Honduras]]></title>
			<link>http://www.fairtrade.net/single-view.0.html?&#38;tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=337&#38;cHash=196b39f98ab748b2d01d37671c87f436</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Fairtrade Access Fund provided its first loan to COPROCAEL in Honduras. The new fund, run by Fairtrade International, Incofin Investment Management and Grameen Foundation, is offering a range of loans and technical assistance to Fairtrade certified farmers’ organizations.
Cooperativa De Productores De Café &quot;Encarnación&quot; Limitada (COPROCAEL) in Honduras received a trade finance loan of US$ 570,000 to purchase the coffee of its 170 member farmers during the harvest season. The...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Fairtrade Access Fund provided its first loan to COPROCAEL in Honduras. The new fund, run by Fairtrade International, Incofin Investment Management and Grameen Foundation, is offering a range of loans and technical assistance to Fairtrade certified farmers’ organizations.
Cooperativa De Productores De Café &quot;Encarnación&quot; Limitada (COPROCAEL) in Honduras received a trade finance loan of US$ 570,000 to purchase the coffee of its 170 member farmers during the harvest season. The...]]></content:encoded>
			<category>Access to Finance</category>
			<category>Coffee</category>
			<category>Central America &amp; Mexico</category>
			
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stand and be counted]]></title>
			<link>http://www.fairtrade.net/single-view.0.html?&#38;tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=336&#38;cHash=d5982f730f1a3b82c9477999b5d1504a</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As sales of Fairtrade products continue to grow around the world, the need for understanding the impact increases. Today Fairtrade International (FLO) releases ‘Monitoring the Scope and Benefits of Fairtrade 2012’, a compendium of data and summaries of key research exploring the impacts of Fairtrade. Click here for the full report and other Fairtrade research. 
“Fairtrade is making a difference for over a million farmers and workers and their families, as this report shows,” said Harriet Lamb,...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As sales of Fairtrade products continue to grow around the world, the need for understanding the impact increases. Today Fairtrade International (FLO) releases ‘Monitoring the Scope and Benefits of Fairtrade 2012’, a compendium of data and summaries of key research exploring the impacts of Fairtrade. Click here for the full report and other Fairtrade research. 
“Fairtrade is making a difference for over a million farmers and workers and their families, as this report shows,” said Harriet Lamb,...]]></content:encoded>
			<category>Fair Trade Movement </category>
			<category>Press releases</category>
			
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
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