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IFAD Conference in Cape Town Focus on Rural Poverty in Africa

05/05/2011 – 9:48 am

We particularly like the quotes from two participants about empowering young people…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, capacity building, Cape Town, coffee trade, education, enterprise, fairtrade, IFAD, rural poverty, Rwanda, smallholder, smallholders, trade, Trade not Aid, tradejustice, youth, youth enterprise | Comments (0)

Coffee Farmers “Benefit” from Higher Prices

01/05/2011 – 8:25 pm

This article, about payouts to farmers in Kenya for their…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Black Gold Foundation, Farmer Extension Programme | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Black gold, Black Gold Movie, Blackgold, coffee, coffee trade, fair trade, fairtrade, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, smallholder, smallholders, trade justice, Trade not Aid | Comments (0)

LYF’s Youth Enterprise Programme in the Yorkshire Evening Post

12/04/2011 – 2:01 pm

Our innovative youth enterprise programme is featured in the Yorkshire…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Latest News, Not Just Us, Project News, Updates | Also tagged African farmers, capacity building, Doncaster, enterprise, entrepreneur, ethical consumer, Ethiopia, fair trade, fairtrade, Leeds, smallholder, trade, Trade not Aid, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Evening Post, youth development, youth enterprise | Comments (0)

Not Just Us residential in the Lake District with Leeds DEC

03/04/2011 – 8:20 pm

Thanks to Leeds DEC, last month the Not Just Us…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Latest News, Not Just Us, Project News | Also tagged African farmers, Beeston, Bolling Coffee, capacity building, coffee, fair trade, fairtrade, Grumpy mule, Huddersfield, Leeds, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, NJU, Not Just Us, trade justice, Trade not Aid, training, youth, youth enterprise | Comments (0)

Gates Foundation work on Women smallholders features the LYF

27/03/2011 – 5:30 pm

The Gates Foundation has been leading best-practice research on how…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Project News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, capacity building, coffee trade, Gates Foundation, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, smallholder, smallholders, trade | Comments (0)

Talking to Africa Gateway about how we can roll out our smallholder training to address climate change

23/03/2011 – 10:54 pm

Dr Rosalind Cornforth from Reading University is a Research Fellow…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Project News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, capacity building, climate change, coffee, coffee trade, enterprise, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, Reading University, Rockefeller Foundation, Smallholder support network, trade justice, tradejustice, training | Comments (0)

Our Friends at the Oromo Coffee Company Enjoy More Success

19/03/2011 – 10:21 am

Our great friends and colleagues at the OCC are celebrating…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Black Gold Foundation, Lorna Young Foundation Enterprise | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Black gold, capacity building, coffee, coffee shops, coffee trade, Ethiopia, fairtrade, Lorna Young Foundation, OCC, OCFCU, Oromia Coffee Farmer Cooperative, Oromo, Oromo Coffee Company, St Albans Abbey, trade justice, Trade not Aid | Comments (0)

Is Fair Trade the Answer? Huffington Post

17/03/2011 – 10:53 pm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-fletcher/why-fair-trade-is-not-the_b_837230.html

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Latest News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, Black Gold Movie, coffee, coffee shops, coffee trade, consumerism, Huffington Post, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, trade justice, Trade not Aid | Comments (0)

Our NJU Leeds group in the press

15/03/2011 – 6:28 pm

Our NJU Leeds Goup in the press

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Latest News, Not Just Us | Also tagged enterprise, ethical consumer, Leeds, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, NEET, trade, trade justice, Trade not Aid, tradejustice, training, youth, youth enterprise | Comments (0)

Global Coffee Trade faces Increasing Challenges

10/03/2011 – 9:57 pm

The global coffee trade is being hit by ever-increasing prices…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Black Gold Foundation, Latest News, Updates | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Black gold, coffee, coffee shops, coffee trade, ethical consumer, fairtrade, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, trade justice, Trade not Aid | Comments (1)