In collaboration with Equal Exchange, Red Tomato and Oke USA, White Dog
Community Enterprises presents the "Faces of Fair Trade: Uniting the Global
and Local".

Banana farmers from Costa Rica, a pecan farmer from Georgia, and a local fruit and vegetable farmer may seem worlds apart, but they are all part of the same movement to build a fair and sustainable food system. Join us to hear these farmers tell their stories and to taste the fruits of their labor!

They will discuss the challenges they face, their experiences in the market, and the impact of consumer support for fair trade and family farms.

Date: Tuesday, October 30th 2007
Time: 6:00PM - Local food tasting provided by the Fair Food Farmstand
6:30PM- Panel discussion with the farmers moderated by Ann Karlen,
founding director of Fair Food, a program of White Dog Community Enterprises
Place: Tabernacle United Church, 3700 Chestnut St., Philadelphia

Carlos Vargas and Yocser Godoy are Costa Rican
banana farmers who belong to Coopetrabasur,
the co-operative of Workers from the South.
Learn more at www.okeusa.com

Diann Johnson is a pecan farmer from southwest
Georgia and a member of Southern Alternatives
Agricultural Co-operative.
Learn more at www.equalexchange.coop/dft

Local Northeast Farmers in partnership with
Red Tomato are working to rebuild diverse,
local family farming.
Learn more at www.redtomato.org

For more details, please visit www.equalexchange.coop/faces-of-fair-trade
White Dog Community Enterprises’ site is www.whitedogcommunityenterprises.org