Farmworker unions in Ontario are a hot potato for governments. We hate to hear about heat deaths or "accidents" on farms but we also love the idea of the "family farmer". This ha...

The Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) serves and advocates for agricultural workers across Canada. It works towards the human and civil rights that other workers have enjoyed: health and safety pro...

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) has signed an agreement with a major food service company to improve working conditions for the some of the most exploited farm workers in the United States....

Back on Valentine's Day, The International Labor Rights Forum published a report about chocolate companies as part of their cocoa campaign for better labour standards. "The International Labor ...

I have been enjoying this fair trade blog by Zarah Patriana, at Change.org for months. She provides insights and links to fair trade happenings, especially in the United States. Zarah is the...

The Canadian Organic Growers bring us the second installment of their consumer-focused organic conference Saturday, February 21, 2009 at the University of Toronto Conference Centre: Growing and ...

Seriously, how cute are cows? Unfortunately, the livestock industry is responsible for 18% of green house gas emissions according to a 2006 FAO report, beef requires massive amounts of water to keep...

Ruben Bolling presents a brilliant analysis of the free market in his long running comic series: Tom the Dancing Bug (after the fold). Adam Smith's "invisible hand " metaphor for ...

Flowers are pretty, but what if you could grow and share fruit and vegetables from your neighborhood? Fruits and vegetables are pretty and tasty, especially, when the it comes from your neighborhood...

Alberto García died in February in his rural village of San Matías Cuijingo, Juchitepec, Mexico. He was 39, and is survived by his wife Mirabel and three children. He had fallen ill in...

Fair trade discussion often focus on improving labour conditions of workers in developing or less developed countries, but what about workers in the fruit and vegetable industry in North America? ...

More to green picture than food miles - TreeHugger.com Jenna Watson Whether tis better to consume local or green food? Can common sense help? If a product is grown locally and could be gr...

Soft fruit requires a soft-touch, which all too often means that a human suffers so you can indulge The most vulnerable workers in society often get stuck with the triple "D" jobs: difficult...

From David Suzuki to Will Ferrel... quotes on the interrelationships and challenges of humanity, economy, environment, technology, life, pollution amongst others...  CSR - Corporate Socia...