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Ways to Support the Small Farmers Green Planet Fund |
Equal Exchange now has six ways you or your organization can donate money to the Small Farmers Green Planet Fund. Please consider supporting Equal Exchange and our farmer partners this holiday season! To read a full description of the Fund and the projects it supports in South Africa, Nicaragua, Mexico and Colombia, please go to our blog.
1. Write a tax-deductible check to Grassroots International (GRI), mailed to Equal Exchange at 50 United Drive, West Bridgewater, MA 02379, with SFGP Fund on the memo line.
2. Make an online donation (tax-deductible) on the Grassroots International Web site
3. Add a donation to your next Equal Exchange web store order. Just add the donation to your shopping cart!
- $100 supports Embara Chambi indigenous coffee farmers in the Asprocafe Ingruma co-operative in Caldas, Colombia, build a composting plant which will enable more farmers to transition to organic, protect their fragile eco-system and attain higher incomes.
- $50 supports indigenous South African rooibos farmers of the Heiveld and Wupperthal organizations as they employ traditional soil and water conservation methods to adapt to the negative effects of global warming on their crops and livelihoods.
- $25 supports women coffee farmers of the CESMACH co-operative in Chiapas, Mexico, as they plant organic gardens and fruit trees, raise chickens and rescue endangered native plants in the El Triunfo Biosphere.
4. Buy a Small Farmer Gift Basket, which includes a $25 donation to the Small Farmers Green Planet Fund.
5. Purchase 12-oz packages of Organic Love Buzz. For every package sold, Equal Exchange will donate 20 cents to the Fund.
6. Food co-operative members and consumers can purchase Equal Exchange Organic Co-op Blend. For every pound purchased, Equal Exchange will donate 25 cents to the Fund.
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