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Last month, at the Natural and Organic Products Festival in London, Chicza Organic Chewing Gum received the award for best new organic food product. Sharing the honor with no more than 20 other organic products out of thousands exhibitors at the festival, the recognition is large for the community of farmers in Mexico’s rainforest that is beginning to introduce their gum to European markets.
The company is a fusion of rural cooperatives from the states of Quintana Roo and Campeche, close to the borders of Belize and Guatemala. Called “Consorcio Chiclero” (translated: Gum Consortium), it integrates 53 communities and organizations with over 2,163 members, and started with the philosophy that to live amongst the nature of the land, one must work to conserve it. The consortium works within 800,000 hectares of Chicozapote trees in the part of the rainforest that was originally developed by Mayan civilizations, and much of the production practices of the Chizca gum follow Mayan traditions.
food riots and the causes behind high food prices.[read more]
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Looking to draw attention and redress the staggering fact that some 49% of the world's population lack access to basic sanitation and safe, sustainable water sources, the UN has launched a global financing mechanism, the Global Sanitation Fund, and is organizing World Sanitation Day events in Geneva and New York.[read more]
We in the West take it for granted that you turn on the faucet, and water comes out. But for...[read more]
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Being in the sustainable business realm, it makes for interesting conversation with the relatives during the holidays. From the father...[read more]
Beginning while I was a student at the sustainability focused MBA program Presidio School of Management, and on into my...[read more]
For most of this year, Congress has been debating what to include in the 2007 Farm Bill, but there...[read more]
How do we start to shift from large-scale, carbon-intensive, agribusiness produce to locally-produced fruits and vegetables in our grocery stores?...[read more]
Like a fine bottle of organic wine, the Green Zebra guide seems to get better with age. Okay, this 2008...[read more]
Jean Ziegler gave a harsh assessment on biofuels at a UN press conference on Friday, calling for a 5–year moratorium on...[read more]
"Illustrations of the threat we pose to other species and the environment and our inability to manage use of our marine and terrestrial natural resources are increasingly common, and one can be seen in the decimation of one of the few remaining wild marine populations of abalone taking place here in South Africa’s Western Cape Province south of Cape Town."[read more]
Have you enjoyed some soy milk today? Perhaps a nice juice pack? Or added to your soup with a broth...[read more]
Soft drinks - animal testing; come again? Earlier this year, Coca-Cola (Coke, Minute Maid, Fruitopia) and Pepsico (Pepsi, Tropicana, Gatorage)...[read more]
How many General Mills product developers does it take to envision a more sustainably produced Hamburger Helper? The geniuses came...[read more]
I'm always puzzled by the lengths that people go to rid their homes of pests. They douse their homes with...[read more]
by Michelle Miller Kenneth Cook, President of EWG has a story to tell. One would never guess that the...[read more]
My colleague emailed me last week, “I never thought I’d see this, not in my lifetime.” On January 25,...[read more]
One teacher’s quest for real answers to the problem of student underachievement. When I was a kid, crossing the Golden...[read more]
Three cheers for Concha Guerra, Vice-Consul for Economics and Technology Innovation for the Community of Madrid and Leonor Perez Pita,...[read more]
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