Cooperation Across Borders: El Salvador's Las Colinas is Hosted by a New England Food Co-op

jim — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:42:50 -0500

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By Len Krimerman, Willimantic Inter-Cooperative Zone (WICZ)

Like many of you reading this, I drink Equal Exchange (EE) coffee at home and wherever else I can, and am happily aware that EE is both itself a worker cooperative and draws its coffee supply exclusively from small agricultural cooperatives throughout Latin America, Africa, and Asia. But - again, like many of you - until recently I knew next to nothing about these other co-ops, aside from some few sentences and photos on EE coffee bags.

Nueva Vida Women's Sewing Co-op In Danger!

Ethan — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:42:13 -0500

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Cooperation Across Borders: El Salvador's Las Colinas is Hosted by a New England Food Co-op

Nueva Vida Women's Sewing Co-op In Danger!