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One-Month Challenge 2012
Posted January 30th 2012
The Manitoba Council for International Cooperation (MCIC) is excited to present the sixth annual Fair Trade One-Month Challenge.
We invite all Manitobans to take up the challenge by only consuming fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate, rather than conventional brands, for the period from Valentine’s Day, February 14th to March 14th.
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Fair Trade: A Sweet Deal
Posted September 30th 2011
Fair trade Gummy Bears? You can’t mean it! Yes, fair trade principles have penetrated the confections industry and I’m about to chow down on my first helping of fair trade certified gummy bears, with a choice of plain or sour! Not only that, but I can now get Belgian chocolate-style seashells, chocolate and chocolate/hazelnut spreads and Coke-like fair trade soft drinks! It must be true, then, that fair trade is a sweet deal!
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Twenty-six Fair Trade Wines Available in Manitoba
Posted August 30th 2011
MCIC is pleased to announce that there are now twenty-six Fair Trade wines available for purchase at Liquor Marts throughout Manitoba.
Take a look at the list of Fair Trade wines here
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Producers & Merchants Cotton On to Fair Trade
Posted May 30th 2011
If you are already drinking fair trade coffee and tea, and eating fair trade chocolate and dried fruit, get ready for the next wave of fair products, clothing, from cotton grown organically and produced ethically. The fair trade movement in Europe, North America and “Down Under” is currently focusing on fair trade clothing, in a “Show Your Label” campaign, and merchants are beginning to show ethically produced t-shirts, pants, dresses and accessories.
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Fair Trade Fortnight, May 1-15, 2011
Posted May 5th 2011
Fair Trade Fortnight (May 1-15) provides a great opportunity to raise awareness of fair trade issues in your school or community group. It’s when everyone gets together to do fun stuff in support of Fair Trade, from big public events, to special promotions in stores, to quiet efforts at home.
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Interview with Ben Kramer - Executive Chef at Diversity Food Services Inc.
Posted March 18th 2011
Ben Kramer is the Executive Chef at Diversity Food Services Inc. Originally from Vancouver, Ben has been cooking since the age of twenty. He has lived and worked in Manitoba for over ten years, bringing Fair Trade and ethically-produced foods to Manitoba restaurants and cafés.
I met Ben over a cup of Fair Trade tea at Pangea’s Kitchen in Riddell Hall at the University of Winnipeg where he works as the ExecutiveChef. As soon as he began to speak, his passion for the concept of Fair Trade became immediately apparent. Ben’s approach to the topic is a holistic one, “I like to look at the bigger picture. Fair Trade is so important because it makes people consider where their food comes from, and what it has been treated with and how it was made”.
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Manitobans take the One-Month Challenge
Posted March 1st 2011
The Fair Trade Manitoba One-Month Challenge is fully underway! Manitobans throughout the province are consuming only Fair Trade coffee, tea and chocolate for thirty days.
Five of the people in our province who are taking the challenge are sharing their stories through personal blogs. They represent the wide range of Manitobans who are ensuring that they only consume products for which the producers receive a fair wage and safe working conditions. Find which participant matches your fair trade interests and follow them throughout the challenge. How easy is the Challenge proving to be for them? Are they encountering any difficulties in getting their hands on Fair Trade products?
Click on the following names…
Ainsley Frederickson
Duane Nicol
Kevin McPhillips
U of M Activism Class
Susan Roe-Finlay
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Celebrations, Royal Rumours Highlight Fair Trade Fortnight
Posted February 22nd 2011
Spring marks a time of promotion and celebration of fair trade around the globe. Manitoba holds the Fair Trade One-Month Challenge from Valentine’s Day onward, while Britain and the countries “Down Under” hold Fair Trade Fortnight beginning February 28th. (Most of our younger or non-British population hasn’t learned that a fortnight is fifteen days!) During the first half of May, the fair trade movement annually holds “fair trade days” and “fair trade weeks”.
Of course, the United Kingdom has a head start on North America when it comes to fair trade, with hundreds of Fair Trade Towns and even greater availability of fair trade products. Canada currently has only fourteen Fair Trade Towns and the US has only marginally more. It is estimated that twenty million people in Great Britain participated in some way in Fair Trade Fortnight in 2009 and thirty million in 2010. Of course, this figure is almost the total population of Canada!
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One Month Challenge 2011
Posted January 18th 2011
The Manitoba Council for International Cooperation (MCIC) and its Fair Trade Manitoba (FTM) program are excited to present our fifth annual Fair Trade One-Month Challenge! Manitobans are invited to take up the challenge by consuming fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate - rather than conventional brands - for the period of from Valentine’s Day, February 14th to March 15th. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP
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Environment, Social Causes Play a Role in Holiday Giving
Posted December 10th 2010
It’s that time of year again! A recent market study, done by eBay Canada, showed that more that one quarter of working Canadians have considered, or actually have called into work with the “holiday shopping flu”. Many consumers told the survey that their jobs, and even their families, got in the way of needing to get their shopping done. Of course, the on-line retail companies, through CyberShopping.ca, argue that you don’t need to avoid your office or your home! You can shop from the comfort of your computer terminal and, unless your co-workers or your family members are shadowing you, no one will be the wiser and everyone ultimately will be the happier.
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