A taste of (technically) Asia…

July 6, 2011 at 2:53 pm lucumadesigns Leave a comment

Hope you had a great, safe 4th of July full of friends, family, and good food. Which, notably, brings us to our next food post. Cheers!

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“Around 70% of all Palestinians worldwide are refugees, constituting the world’s largest refugee population. Around half of them are stateless.”~ PASSIA facts & figures

As per my last post, the next coming posts are all about food. Why, you ask? Because unlike gifts, we require food every single day. Some of us need coffee every. single. day. But coffee is for another post. Today we are moving in Asia to Palestine (not going to lie, I was surprised it was considered Asia..) , an area of great need that has been impacted by war. But thanks to Canaan Fair Trade, your local grocery can now offer fairly traded organic olive oils, sun-dried tomatoes, olives, and couscous. It’s a good thing I’ve already had lunch today!

And the food isn’t even the best part. Canaan is promoting organic farming, developing trade while protecting culture. I think they summed it up nicely on their website, ” at Canaan, the net result of our sustainable practices is a capacity to enrich the world by sharing our traditions while vigorously participating in the modern economy. We do this through selling products rooted in our soil and in our culture. This is a way to make traditional communities self-sustaining and
productive. It creates a world where prosperity is shared while the richness
of individual cultures is sustained.”

And their working with the environment too… From Canaan FT’s website, ” The essence of organic agriculture is working with nature, rather than against it. By focusing only on crops, not soil, conventional farming depletes the earth’s inherent abundance. Only by keeping our environment healthy can we truly have sustainable agriculture. Yet if we nourish the soil without respecting the human beings who farm it, then we are still compromising our future. By combining a Fair Trade structure that works on all levels of our community with organic practices, we hope to serve as a model for genuine sustainability.