fair trade
Sale via internet: end of middle man for agricultural products
The new ‘liberating’ direction of European agriculture is looking more closely at the consumer market when it comes to establishing prices and demand for agricultural products on the continent. The internet is taking over from Marx in the agricultural revolution
fair trade, agriculture, common agricultural policy, internet, politics, society, economy
Berlin is not Germany
After Tallinn, Paris and Clermont-Ferrand, four journalists and one photographer from our network explore the fourth stop in cafebabel.com's monthly 'cities' mission, 'EUdebate on the Ground'. This month, a city which was divided just twenty years ago in the cold war. Since then, not only its geography has changed. Relations with neighbouring Poland are vibrant, but very often one-sided. Germans debate about a data retention law and how they can consume more fairly. There's also a little role for the crisis, seen in images
Richard Adams, Britain's father of fair trade
The Fairtrade movement has come a long way since its humble beginnings, when two students began importing fruit and vegetables from India. As Fairtrade Fortnight sees over 10, 000 events held across the UK, we speak to one of its founding fathers
fair trade, partenariats nord-sud, underground, fruits, food, alimentation, cafés
'Fair trade? It's not charity – it’s an alternative’
The economic movement has really taken off in the European Union. Gaga Pignatelli, representative for International Association of Alternative Trade Italy, explains why
ASEAN and the EU: singing from different hymnals
As regional integration accelerates in Asia, ASEAN might one day resemble the former EEC. I talked to Ludo Cuyvers, professor of economics at the University of Antwerp, who says such comparisons are premature.
fair trade, europe, devolution, asia, foreign policy, internal market, international trade
