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  CSRminute: Whole Foods Offers Marine Stewardship Council-Certified Swordfish; British Polythene Indu (01:37)
  by: 3BLMedia

  Whole Foods Market is the only major retailer to offer Marine Stewardship Council-certified, fresh, harpoon-caught swordfish from Nova  (More)Whole Foods Market is the only major retailer to offer Marine Stewardship Council-certified, fresh, harpoon-caught swordfish from Nova Scotia this summer. MSC has strict standards and rigorous third-party certification to ensure sustainable fishing of the species. This week, home cooks can enter original swordfish recipes for a chance to win $100 to $1,000. Details are at wholefoodsmarket.com. British Polythene Industries, BPI, has been awarded a Certificate of Inclusion for the FTSE4Good Index for the ninth consecutive year. BPI has achieved a listing for every year since 2001, when the FTSE4Good Index was started. Created by the FTSE Group to help investors make ethical investment choices, the Index measures the CSR policies of businesses against globally recognized standards. BPI is Europe’s largest manufacturer of polythene films, bags, and sacks. For more information on these and other stories, go to thecsrminute.com. (Less)

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  Coffee with a Conscience: Support Transfair USA with your Morning Brew (01:10)
  by: 3BLMedia

  For a 3 week period beginning Friday, July 9, 2010 and ending on July 30, 2010, TransFair USA will receive $2.50 for every bag sold of  (More)For a 3 week period beginning Friday, July 9, 2010 and ending on July 30, 2010, TransFair USA will receive $2.50 for every bag sold of Green Awakening’s delicious, all-organic, 100%-Fair Trade Certified™ coffee which is grown exclusively by small, local cooperatives in the mountains of Peru. Green Awakening™ Coffee, an inclusive and socially responsible, fair trade, organic coffee company partnered with TransFair USA as part of its overall mission to raise funds for non-profit and educational organizations. Green Awakening and TransFair USA are promoting Cafe Mujer, a coffee grown only by entrepreneurial women, all of them are small coffee farmers in Peru. As part of the program, Green Awakening also donates $0.50 per coffee bag to an Education Fund for their children and shares profits with them. To place your order on behalf of TransFair USA, please Click Here and then click on the TransFair USA banner  (Less)

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  Coffee with a Conscience: Support Transfair USA with your Morning Brew (01:10)
  by: 3BLMedia

  For a 3 week period beginning Friday, July 9, 2010 and ending on July 30, 2010, TransFair USA will receive $2.50 for every bag sold of  (More)For a 3 week period beginning Friday, July 9, 2010 and ending on July 30, 2010, TransFair USA will receive $2.50 for every bag sold of Green Awakening’s delicious, all-organic, 100%-Fair Trade Certified™ coffee which is grown exclusively by small, local cooperatives in the mountains of Peru. Green Awakening™ Coffee, an inclusive and socially responsible, fair trade, organic coffee company partnered with TransFair USA as part of its overall mission to raise funds for non-profit and educational organizations. Green Awakening and TransFair USA are promoting Cafe Mujer, a coffee grown only by entrepreneurial women, all of them are small coffee farmers in Peru. As part of the program, Green Awakening also donates $0.50 per coffee bag to an Education Fund for their children and shares profits with them. To place your order on behalf of TransFair USA, please Click Here and then click on the TransFair USA banner (Less)

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  Fair Trade, Organic Coffee Company Gives Back to Non-profits and Community Initiatives (00:54)
  by: 3BLMedia

  The mission of Green Awakening is to provide charities and community initiatives with a source of income to help them overcome their  (More)The mission of Green Awakening is to provide charities and community initiatives with a source of income to help them overcome their financial needs and reach their goals. Through the Green Awakening Giving Back and e-Fundraising Program, American nonprofits can be eligible to receive around 25% of our sales as a donation on an ongoing basis. If you represent an institution interested in being included in the Giving Back Program, feel free to login as a new organization at www.green-awakening.com/giving2.php or e-mail us, at info@green-awakening.com. GA7570 (Less)

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  Organic, Green, and Fair Trade . . . Fundraising? (05:47)
  by: 3BLMedia

  Organic, Green and Fair Trade: these are three words you don’t usually find in your kid’s school fundraiser. In a market littered  (More) Organic, Green and Fair Trade: these are three words you don’t usually find in your kid’s school fundraiser. In a market littered with cheap tricks and even cheaper products, here’s an alternative to making your next fundraiser good for the environment, good for small farmers and good for you! Many of us have been there… staring down at a glossy catalog, our eyes glazing over from one crowded page to the next. A small child is bouncing on their toes nearby, eagerly awaiting your purchasing decision and thinking only of the plastic toy (made in China) that they will receive at the end of this for all their hard work. At this point we close our eyes and point to something at random. This time: a tub full of cookie dough. The last time: holographic gift wrap that made your head hurt just thinking how and where or how it was made. The truth is these items sell. Schools need to fundraise in order to offer important services, like after- school programs, classes focusing on the arts and sciences, even paying for practical and common sense items like markers, tape and special reading materials. The large fundraising companies cater to these needs, touting large margins in exchange for inexpensive junk. We buy because we care about our schools and our community… but there are alternatives available that allow us to support our schools while also supporting a more fair and just food system. I’d like to introduce you to Equal Exchange Fundraising: a program of the first and largest Fair Trade company in the United States. Equal Exchange offers something you won’t find anywhere else in the fundraising world: organic and fairly traded foods, beautiful fairly traded gifts and recycled cotton gift wrap (tree-free!). With Equal Exchange Fundraising, your school or organization can support sustainability, enjoy award-winning products and make a difference in the lives of small farmers and artisans across the globe. Hundreds of schools have made the switch. “I don’t think I could do any other fundraiser,” said Kim Montgomery, a seventh grade teacher in Houston, Texas, who has participated in the fundraiser for the past three years. “The Equal Exchange fundraiser has great products and a good mission.” These products include fairly traded and organic coffee, chocolate bars, cocoa, tea, and healthy snacks – things people consume every day. Here’s a fundraiser that helps fund a school’s valuable programs – things like arts and science programs – while also benefitting small-scale farmers who grow really high-quality foods in remote parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America. The Equal Exchange Fundraising Program also provides an opportunity to talk with kids about where their foods come from, how wealth is distributed around the world, and how we can make choices as consumers to make that wealth distribution fairer. There’s even a Fair Trade curriculum, Win-Win Solutions. With this curriculum, your child can learn about the life of a cocoa farmer and how their daily actions have direct impact on the lives of farmers across the globe. You can contribute to a more just world, be green, raise money for your school and eat well – all in one simple fundraiser. For more information and to sign up for a free info kit, go to www.equalexchange.coop/fundraiser. EE6289  (Less)

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  Bon Appétit Management Company Launches Student Garden Guide (02:58)
  by: 3BLMedia

  Bon Appétit Management Company is taking action to help student farmers launch careers in sustainable agriculture. Bon Appétit has  (More)Bon Appétit Management Company is taking action to help student farmers launch careers in sustainable agriculture. Bon Appétit has developed a guide for aspiring student farmers to help them build good business relationships with their best potential customers—the college food service providers that are right in their backyards. The guide will be made available to students in garden groups all over the country and on the company’s website. www.circleofresponsibility.com/student-garden-guide Students who learn to farm can make both an immediate and a long-term contribution to American food security. Small, independently-operated farms are the backbone to a sustainable food system and they are in peril. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, only 1% of the population of the United States is involved in farming, compared to 40% at the turn of the 20th century. This number promises to dwindle as existing farmers retire (more than 40% are 55 or older). It’s not as if young people aren’t interested in farming. Students are flocking to farm internships. And with the rise in the Real Food movement, colleges are the ideal place to begin a new agricultural revolution. (Less)

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  What are Pesticides? (Part 1) (04:18)
  by: OrganicNation

  We visited Purdue University's Throg Morton Farm in Indiana where we spoke with Professor Fred Whitford about what pesticides are and how  (More)We visited Purdue University's Throg Morton Farm in Indiana where we spoke with Professor Fred Whitford about what pesticides are and how they're used on conventional farms. (Make sure to check out Part 2 of the video in which Professor Whitford shows us organic pest control tactics.) Please visit our website for more videos: http://www.OrganicNation.tv You can also follow us on Twitter: @OrganicNation (Less)

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  OrganicNation.tv Trailer (01:10)
  by: OrganicNation

  Introduction to the new web video series OrganicNation.tv. For more videos please visit our website: http://www.OrganicNation.tv You can  (More)Introduction to the new web video series OrganicNation.tv. For more videos please visit our website: http://www.OrganicNation.tv You can also follow us on Twitter: @OrganicNation (Less)

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  Food, Inc Trailer (02:15)
  by: TakePart

  http://www.takepart.com/foodinc In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly  (More)http://www.takepart.com/foodinc In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coliâ��the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprisingâ��and often shocking truthsâ��about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.  (Less)

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  Whats your Big Green Lie?! (03:12)
  by: ESKCSG

  Busted on http://www.biggreenlies.com! Men and women caught on tape in green lies. This video distinguishes eco-fact from eco-fiction as a  (More)Busted on http://www.biggreenlies.com! Men and women caught on tape in green lies. This video distinguishes eco-fact from eco-fiction as a lead up to the Fine Living Network television special, “Big Green Lies” on Earth Day, April 22. The myth-busting video and television show, produced by Seventh Generation, give a taste of the widespread misunderstandings of green issues through environmental mischief-making. (Less)

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