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May 14, 2014Fair Trade Banana Taste-Test
May 14, 2014Fair Trade bananas are available at 2 local supermarkets and we have worked to introduce the differences between FT and conventional bananas to our congregation at Coffee hour after church. At our recent WFTD Coffee hour, we had a man in a giant banana suit offering FT and Conventional bananas around the tables and engaging […]
Fair Trade Coffee and Tea at Fellowship and in our Fair Trade Store
May 14, 2014In the spring of 2009 St. John’s became a Fair Trade church and wanted to serve Fair Trade coffee and tea. We started with a taste testing of different brands and flavors. The decision was made to purchase through Equal Exchange their ground Fellowship Blend in regular and decaf and we have been serving it […]
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May 14, 2014Fair Trade and Local Coffee Hours for WFTD
May 13, 2014Each week after worship (2 services at 8 and 10:30am) we have a social time and volunteers serve fair trade coffee, tea and snacks. For WFTD the FT Team registered our event and received the awesome box of products and educational materials. We cooked with some of the products and we displayed others and gave […]
Holiday Fair Trade Bazaar
May 13, 2014For the past 4 years, we have invited the owner of the Mountain Lake, MN Ten Thousand Villages Store, Joyce Bucklin, to come and sell Fair Trade crafts in early December. Joyce is assisted by our Fair Trade committee members, who help educate purchasers about Fair Trade.
Fair Trade Education at St John’s Episcopal, Mankato
May 13, 2014One of our first efforts as a Fair Trade Church was to work with adults and children through Reverse-Trick-or-Treating. We hosted an adult education class and utilized some Global Exchange materials to educate our children on the abusive child labor history in chocolate production. Families then ordered through us, the Halloween mini-bars and info cards […]