George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz interviews Nasser Abufarha about Fair Trade/Organic in Palestine. Nasser Abufarha is the the Chair of the Palestine Fair Trade Association and the Director of Canaan Fair Trade based in Jenin, Palestine.
The Palestine Fair Trade Association (PFTA) is a national Palestinian union of farming and producing cooperatives, traders, and processors based in Jenin that promotes and supports fair and equitable trading principles. These principles are developed locally by PFTA and are compatible with international fair trade principles and in sync with Palestinian traditions. Furthermore PFTA is active in promoting fairly produced Palestinian products in international fair trade markets in Europe, North America, Australia, and Japan.
Canaan Fair Trade products are produced by the cooperatives of the Palestine Fair Trade Association (PFTA). PFTA is a national Palestinian union of farming and producing cooperatives, traders, and processors based in Jenin that promotes and supports fair and equitable trading principles. PFTA promotes producing co-operatives such as olive oil, honey, couscous, sun-dried tomatoes, almonds, wild flower seeds, and crafts. The largest are the olive oil producing cooperatives.
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