Baldemar Velasquez spent a week in the fields of North Carolina this summer picking tobacco. He wanted to find out for himself what the conditions are like. "It ranks up there with the hardest work ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brooke Roberts-Islam is a London-based writer covering sustainability. For consumers, the desire to reduce their negative impact ...

BOSTON, MA - January 29, 2007 - Today’s announcement that Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has agreed to work closely with Ethiopia to raise the value that Ethiopian farmers receive from their coffees ...

This is a reply by Oxfam Australia's Climate Change Policy Advisor Simon Bradshaw to Andrea Bunting’s article “GetUp!-Oxfam’s Powershop partnership raises questions” in Green Left Weekly #1064. As a ...