“A recession? What is it?” said Philippe. We were meeting with Philippe Rigollaud from the worker-owned co-operative Pioneer Valley Photo Voltaics (PV)² in Greenfield MA. This co-op was one stop in a tour, my wife Ellen and I were on, of co-operatives in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. (more…)
Month: July 2014
The Corporatization of Fair Trade
Many thanks to Chuck Bordman for this creative 48-second video about the corporatization of Fair Trade and the work of committed brands to support small farmers and Authentic Fair Trade in this context.
To read the full comic book, “The History of Authentic Fair Trade, click here.
To learn more about Fair Trade vs. Free Trade, click here.
To learn more about Chuck Bordman and his work, click here.
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