Twin Trading is not well known in the U.S., but it should be. Since 1985, it has done more than any agency to make fair trade real for ordinary farmers around the world. Starting with importing the first fair trade coffee to the UK to creating CafeDirect to helping found Kuapa Kokoo to launching Divine Chocolate, it has been a powerful force in support of fairtrade world wide. Check out this nice tribute on the Divine Chocolate Blog.
Divine, Kuapa Kokoo Support Ghana’s Sqad
Just in time for the quarterfinal match between Ghana and Uruguay, Divine Chocolate has placed an ad in Metro in support of the Black Stars against the South American Team.
It’s a wonderful idea. Best wishes from Ghanian farmers to Ghanian players. See you in the semifinals.
Cadbury Announces Plans for first Social Premium Disbursement
Cadbury, the latest convert to fairtrade, announced on Monday its plans for disbursing the first installment of its social premium. The funds, £500,000 ($751,215), will be invested in projects determined by the farmer cooperatives that supply the cocoa. One of the beneficiaries, the Kuapa Kokoo cooperative, will use its share to improve health services for its members through the deployment of mobile clinics and farmer extension services.
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Sierra Leone Becomes Fairtrade Producer
Divine Chocolate, my favorite chocolate maker, has done it again. They have just ordered the first fairtrade cocoa to come from the West African Country of Sierra Leone. Eight years after the end of its brutal civil war, with its economy still recovering, the farmers belonging to Kpeya Agricultural Enterprise (KAE) will enjoy the benefits of fairtrade.
Kuapa Kokoo Holds 15th AGM
My favorite cocoa cooperative, the Kuapa Kokoo Farmers Union in Ghana, just held its 15th annual general meeting. The AGM is the highest decision making body of the cooperative and many policies for the next year are set during the proceedings.
