[Note from Blog Admin: Alaffia will also have a booth at Expo West this weekend. However, Alaffia is not a Transfair “licensee” because Transfair has opted not to consider fair trade certification for shea butter, stating that there is not enough evidence of unfair market practices in the shea butter market. You don’t need a Tranfair guide however to check us out. If you’re at the Expo, you are most welcome to come by the Alaffia booth and find out more about fair trade shea butter.]

Fair Trade Certified Products Step into the Natural Foods Limelight at Expo West

Oakland, CA (February 26, 2008) -In 1998, Will Smith’s “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” became a billboard chart-topper, organic became a new buzzword for the mainstream consumer, and TransFair USA opened its doors with Fair Trade Certified™ coffee.

Ten years later, Will Smith pulls up 22,000 hits on You Tube, Certified Organic captures 70% of U.S. consumer recognition, and a record 46 companies will showcase Fair Trade Certified products among their offerings at Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, Ca. on March 13-16, 2008. In 2008, Fair Trade is emerging as a leading trend within the Natural Products industry. Continue Reading »

Alaffia and PCC are working together for Alaffia’s Bikes for Education program! It involves collecting used bikes and shipping them to the Alaffia community in Togo, Africa, so the children can get to school. To read more about Bikes for Education please visit:
http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/sc/0802/sc0802-bikes-africa.html

To read more about GACE and Alaffia’s Bicycles for Education project, our up-coming bicycle drive co-sponsored by Seattle-area’s Pacific Coast Cooperatives, and the relationship between Alaffia and PCC, please visit:
http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/sc/0802/sc0802-bikes-africa.html

Olowo-n’djo Tchala will speak on Fair Trade between West Africa and the Pacific Northwest at Antioch University in Seattle on Wendesday, Nov 28, 2007, 7 - 9 pm

See full program description at Antioch’s website .

Olowo-n’djo Tchala will be a guest speaker for Antioch University’s Global Issues and Perspectives Series this fall. Global Issues & Perspectives is a free lecture/discussion series sponsored by the Center for Creative Change (CCC) to address the question: What do we need to know to become effective global citizens? The series is an enriching opportunity to hear, learn from and be inspired by individuals — many of whom are from other cultures and countries — who are invited to Antioch to share their values and vision. Lectures are open to the public. For more information, contact Shelly Dove in the Center for Creative Change at 206-268-4908.

Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2007.

Time: Tentative - 7:00 - 9:00 We will update this as more information is available.

Location: Antioch University 2326 Sixth Avenue Seattle, WA