Lead for Change Blog
Send us Your BananaGram Tally & Best Photos By November 8th
November 4, 2013At least 30 campaigns participated in this year’s BananaGram Challenge and Photo Contest. Make your hard work count! Get recognized nationally for your efforts – send us your BananaGram Tally and best photos by Friday November, 8th. We’ll announce winners during the week of November 10th, and continue to update everyone over the […]
Proudly Presenting: Go Bananas for Fair Trade!
September 13, 2012Let the National Celebration for Fair Trade Bananas Begin Did you now that bananas are the world’s most popular fruit? The Go Bananas for Fair Trade web page and toolkit will help you identify where Fair Trade bananas are available in your community and, if not, how to build the strategic relationships and consumer […]
Go Bananas Case Study: Mankato, MN Gets Fair Trade Bananas in Local Supermarket
September 10, 2012Are you trying to rally the local supermarket you patron to carry Fair Trade bananas, but need some help with tactics? Mankato Fair Trade Town Initiative in Minnesota is one campaign that has successfully gotten Fair Trade bananas in to a local supermarket. As part of the Go Bananas for Fair Trade Initiative we interviewed […]
Banana Spotlight: interrupcion* Fair Trade
September 5, 2012By Guest Blogger: Nikki Holzberg interrupcion* Fair Trade was established in 2000 in Buenos Aires, Argentina as a global stakeholder community committed to building a sustainable future through responsible consumption, sustainable development, organic farming and Fair Trade. We work directly with approximately 2,000 producer groups in Latin America, financing Fair Trade and organic certifications, […]
Go Bananas for Fair Trade this October!
July 12, 2012Take The Challenge We need you to build consumer demand for Fair Trade bananas in your community! Take the Go Bananas Challenge from noon on October 13 to noon on October 21 by organizing Fair Trade banana themed events. Campaigns will submit photos and/or number of bananas eaten at their event(s) to win cool prizes. […]
Change Comes from the People: 1070 Fair Trade Towns and Counting
November 26, 2011For eleven years and running, Fair Trade Towns have been the driving force behind consumer citizenship; starting with Garstang, U.K. in 2000, Media, PA in 2006, and leading us into 2012 with over 1,070 towns in 23 countries across 6 continents.