News News http://fairtradeprinceton.org/5926 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:35:39 -0400 FeedCreator 1.7.2 Fair Trade Film Screening http://fairtradeprinceton.org/18319/Fair_Trade_Film_Screening Keep the Fair Trade momentum going and Growing! Organize a Fair Trade Film Screening of "Delicious Peace". This film inspires a message of peace and fair wages and will motivate change in your community. Invite supporters and reach out to others to raise awareness about the fair trade market and the impact consumers have on families and communities. Specialty Studios also has a event kit with a poster design and other marketing ideas. Contact me. I offer support in making a successful film event.

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]]> Yamile Slebi Fair Trade Princeton Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:32:44 -0400 http://fairtradeprinceton.org/18319/Fair_Trade_Film_Screening Fair Trade Dinner http://fairtradeprinceton.org/17195/Fair_Trade_Dinner  

 

This lovely arrangement made with Fair Trade roses was designed by Tania Gindillis at Pensive Weeds. Tania worked with Fair Trade Princeton and chef Anne-Renee Rice-Soumelliant to create the Toujours Chocolat dinner auctioned off at Dining by Design, the fall fundraiser of the Princeton Art Council. Ingredients for this auction item included Fair Trade mangoes, pineapple, quinoa, different chocolate products, and sugar.

 

 

 

ToujoursChocolat (auction description): An elegant dinner infused by chocolate, the food of the gods.  Chef Anne-Renee, Pensive Weeds Flowers and Fair Trade Princeton will create a feast for your senses with a gourmet menu and stunning flowers to match. This dream is designed for ten at the winning bidders home.

 

Dinner Details:  The chef-designed meal will include one-of-a-kind dishes using local, organic and Fair Trade certified ingredients. Explore the flavors of chocolate teamed with savory ingredients during this elegant sit-down meal. Creative encounters will begin with hors d'oeuvres and culminate with layered chocolate mousses exhibiting different regions and intensities. This elegant and tasteful Valentine's day dinner for five couples, a new take on a traditional theme, will be enhanced by passionately exotic, uniquely designed floral arrangements, also using sustainably grown, local and Fair Trade  flowers. Appropriate wine pairings will also be offered with this entry. Perfect for a Valentines day celebration!

 


]]> Camila Tellez Fair Trade Princeton Mon, 07 May 2012 17:16:12 -0400 http://fairtradeprinceton.org/17195/Fair_Trade_Dinner Communiversity 2012 http://fairtradeprinceton.org/17191/Communiversity_2012  Communiversity this year was a huge success! We shared a booth with Ten Thousand Villages, and spent the day spreading the word about Fair Trade to the Princeton community. We gave out samples of our Fair Trade Kopali chocolate to people passing by eager to learn about the positive impact of Fair Trade in producer communities worldwide.

 

 


]]> Camila Tellez Fair Trade Princeton Mon, 07 May 2012 16:41:36 -0400 http://fairtradeprinceton.org/17191/Communiversity_2012 Dining by Design http://fairtradeprinceton.org/17194/Dining_by_Design This year we had the opportunity to work with the Princeton Arts Council on their Dining by Design event in November. Two fantastic companies donated Fair Trade products that we used to compile goodie bags for all of the guests. Kopali Organics donated their delicious Fair Trade certified dark chocolate covered products and Rishi Tea donated their Blueberry Rooibos tea especially blended for Fair Trade Princeton. The event was a great success. 

 

]]> Camila Tellez Fair Trade Princeton Mon, 07 May 2012 17:07:11 -0400 http://fairtradeprinceton.org/17194/Dining_by_Design Genius Country Features Fair Trade Princeton article by Camila Tellez http://fairtradeprinceton.org/16774/Genius_Country_Features_Fair_Trade_Princeton_article_by_Camila_Tellez Fair Trade Princeton

by Camila Tellez

publish in Genius Country, January 25, 2011

 

Fair Trade is an ever-growing story, a manifestation of what is right. This is why I have started a campaign to make Princeton a Fair Trade Town. I believe in bringing awareness to consumers in Princeton....

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]]> Dana Molina Fair Trade Princeton Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:32:02 -0400 http://fairtradeprinceton.org/16774/Genius_Country_Features_Fair_Trade_Princeton_article_by_Camila_Tellez 2011 Princeton Fair Trade Accomplishments http://fairtradeprinceton.org/16710/2011_Princeton_Fair_Trade_Accomplishments  Thank you friends for your support....

]]> Camila Tellez Fair Trade Princeton Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:30:39 -0400 http://fairtradeprinceton.org/16710/2011_Princeton_Fair_Trade_Accomplishments Princeton Teen Champions Fair Trade Initiative http://fairtradeprinceton.org/16663/Princeton_Teen_Champions_Fair_Trade_Initiative Princeton Patch

December 12, 2011

 

Camilla Tellez, 14, helped get Princeton Township designated as a Fair Trade town.

 

Princeton Township has joined a growing list of fair trade towns in New Jersey, thanks to the passion of 14-year-old Camila Tellez, a ninth-grader at Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart.

The Township Committee unanimously approved the designation after hearing Tellez's presentation. 

Tellez, a Township resident, completed groundwork for the designation, including putting together a steering committee, asking local retailers carry fair trade items and creating community awareness.

A product is considered fair trade if its third world producers are paid a fair wage and work in safe conditions, according to Fair Trade USA, the organization Tellez worked with.

Tellez began working on the Princeton fair trade designation about a year ago, but her interest for fair trade started when she was a child. Growing up in Berkley, Calif., her mother, Yamile Slebi, worked with fair trade producers, and Tellez saw how their lives were impacted.

They said that they have been able to penetrate global markets, visit their buyers, see their products in stores in the consumer countries, and because of these profits they were able to send the kids to school, have better healthcare and improve their housing, Tellez said.   

I feel that it is such a strong economic solution for developing countries, she said. It isnt a donation or charity. Its as easy as buying your daily cup of coffee or stopping at the supermarket to pick up bananas. ...

]]> Dana Molina Fair Trade Princeton Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:35:58 -0400 http://fairtradeprinceton.org/16663/Princeton_Teen_Champions_Fair_Trade_Initiative October is Fair Trade Month! http://fairtradeprinceton.org/16540/October_is_Fair_Trade_Month When shopping in town ask your retailers about their Fair Trade products.

Bent Spoon, Around the World, Whole Earth Center, Ten Thousand Villages, Blue Ridge Mountain, green design, McCaffreys and Bon Appetit are some of the retailers in town that carry Fair Trade products.

October is not only FT month but it's also Halloween...Please make sure that the chocolate you're giving away is Fair Trade certified. Cocoa producing communities in Central and South America as well as in East Africa will greatly benefit from your purchase.

]]> Dana Molina Fair Trade Princeton Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:22:33 -0400 http://fairtradeprinceton.org/16540/October_is_Fair_Trade_Month Princeton designated a Fair Trade Town http://fairtradeprinceton.org/16546/Princeton_designated_a_Fair_Trade_Town Princeton Township Committee member Liz Lempert introduced a "Princeton Fair Trade Town" resolution on October 5, 2011.

This designation enables Princeton to be officially recognized as a Fair Trade town with Fair Trade USA movement. 

]]> Dana Molina Fair Trade Princeton Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:04:46 -0400 http://fairtradeprinceton.org/16546/Princeton_designated_a_Fair_Trade_Town Angelino Espinosa visits Princeton http://fairtradeprinceton.org/16545/Angelino_Espinosa_visits_Princeton Fair Trade Princeton was proud to host Angelino Espinosa Mata, small coffee producer and president of a coffee cooperative in Veracruz, Mexico on a visit to Princeton in September.

During his visit, he had the opportunity to meet consumers at the Whole Earth Center where we had a sampling of Fair Trade products.  He also presented at the Environmental Day at Stuart Country Day School.

Fair Trade Princeton looks forward to hosting more fair trade producers in the next year in order for the community to hear first hand the effects of this movement for local farmers.

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