Topic: Exploitation
FAIR TRADE DRIED MANGOS, A TASTE OF JUSTICE
September 27, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen I was visiting villages where a new group of small farmers had become members of the ever growing Preda Fair Trade partnership. They lived off mixed farming and mango trees. They proudly showed me some of the benefits of the fair trade payments and dividend bonuses they received for their mango […]
Read More...Our $1 trillion chance
June 11, 2013 ·
In days, world leaders will decide whether to plug a gigantic $1 trillion per year corporate tax loophole – and get enough money to end poverty, put every child in school and double green investment! A deal is close, but US President Obama and Canadian PM Harper are being lobbied and on the fence – […]
Read More...We can all do justice as responsible consumers
November 8, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
We can all do justice as responsible consumers by Fr. Shay Cullen email: [email protected] (Fr. Shay’s columns are published in The Manila Times,in publications in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, and on-line.) Panfilo 57, is a carpenter, vegetable and mango farmer from Moriki, Kapalong, Davao Del Norte. In1986 he planted fifty one mango trees and […]
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