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While you are enjoying what you think is a plum, you may very well actually be eating a pluot – a complex hybrid of a plum and apricot. Demand for hybrid fruits, especially pluots, has skyrocketed in...
The following blog was written by Tammy Sluzar  from Earth's General Store, who was one of 10 participants selected for an internship to farm in Northern Mexico at the Ejido Benito...
The following blog was written by Andrew Cole  from Choices Markets, who was one of 10 participants selected for an internship to farm in Northern Mexico at the Ejido Benito Juarez Leyes de...
Many of you may remember the 2009 documentary Bananas!* which exposed atrocious working conditions on Nicaraguan banana plantations, and documented the Dole Corporation's court trial...
The following blog was written by Jamie Perchie from the Kootenay Co-op, who was one of 10 participants selected for an internship to farm in Northern Mexico at the Ejido Benito Juarez Leyes de...
With EPIC around the corner, we recently chatted with the Vancouver Observer about why it is important for us to be a apart of the Fair Trade Pavilion at this year's EPIC Sustainable Living Expo.Our...
The following entry was written by Claudia Kempe, a recent Bachelor of Commerce graduate from UBC's Sauder School of Business. Over February and March of this year, Claudia spent 7 weeks in Peru...
Fiddleheads are here! Spring delights, these deep green, curled veggies, are actually the edible shoot of a young ostrich fern that hasn't opened up yet. There's only a couple week window for...
Discovery is excited to announce that we have been selected as a finalist for the “Best in Fair Trade” awards from the Fair Trade Resource Network! We have been nominated for the “Most Positive...
On March 24th, 2012, Natasha Pirani organized a fundraiser on Commercial Drive to raise money for her upcoming trip to Ejido Benito Juarez leyes de Reforma in Mexico. Natasha is on fire with her...
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