Equifruit, North America’s leading Fairtrade-certified banana importer, has today released its inaugural Impact Report, ...

Bananas became cheap through land control, low wages, and economies of scale. One particular variety dominates, increasing disease risk and requiring the use of pesticides. Paying a bit more for ...

Fairtrade Fortnight is an campaign run every year by the Fairtrade Foundation, to raise awareness about Fairtrade products in the UK. This year, Colombian farmer Albeiro Alfonso ‘Foncho’ Cantillo, is ...

The referendum, submitted by Haley White ’12, stated that “the USG will make a formal recommendation to UDS [University Dining Services]” to serve Fair Trade bananas, which cost 25 cents more per ...

Fair trade-certified products are growing at a record pace, thanks in large part to their expansion in supermarkets. Such products have come to include perishables like bananas and mangoes. Overall, ...

LONDON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - British grocer J. Sainsbury is switching to sell only Fairtrade bananas, it said on Tuesday, doubling Fairtrade's share of the market. Britain's third largest grocery ...

As one of the cheapest items in the produce section, it should come as no surprise that bananas are such a staple in the U.S. diet. On average, a pound costs about $0.66, compared to oranges at $1.63 ...