Thanks to Maggie, Noirin and the rest of the team for this report on their picking trip this year – pictures will be uploaded very soon… IWPS/ Zaytoun Olive Harvest 2010 Report from the Friends of Madama & Burin The year’s harvest was a mix of extremes. Among the highs was the delicious taste of…
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Zaytoun on Channel Four Olive Harvest News Oxfam report Fairtrade Fortnight 2011 Planet Organic – a special offer Product update Upcoming events Where to purchase our products Zaytoun on Channel Four Zaytoun were delighted with the coverage on ‘Food What Goes in Your Basket’ on Channel Four a couple of weeks ago. It gave time…
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Budrus – film release Olive Harvest News Planet Organic – a special offer Product update Upcoming events Where to purchase our products Budrus Budrus is a place which has many memories for us at Zaytoun; being one of the villages we visited when we were researching the idea of setting up which gave us insight…
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Dear Zaytoun customers and supporters, Firstly may we take the opportunity this month to wish all of our Muslim supporters a very Happy Ramadan! August 2010 Newsletter l Roasted almonds l Zaytoun refinancing l Harvest trip and tour news l Medjoul Dates l Ordering Zaytoun products l Upcoming events l Where to purchase our products…
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New stock in Zaytoun refinancing Harvest trip and tour news Gaza – live bullets for farmers Organic tomatoes and almonds Palestinian Medjoul Dates for Ramadan Ordering Zaytoun products Upcoming events Where to purchase our products New stock in warehouse The new container of olive oil from Canaan has arrived and all new stock of oil…
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We’ve been reading a blog written by an activist in Gaza, she writes about the plight of Abu Taima’s family, who have a wheat harvest to get in whilst under live fire in Gaza. Some of you will remember that we used to be able to get maftool from the women’s cooperatives in Gaza but…
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7 June 2010 The Lesson of the Flotilla Bloodbath: End the Occupation! Sindyanna of Galilee, a Fair Trade Association aiming to build bridges between Israelis and Palestinians, strongly condemns the Israeli army raid on the Freedom for Gaza flotilla, which has resulted in nine dead and dozens of wounded. Israel‘s attempt to divert…
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Haitham Hasasneh is an agronomist with twenty years of experience in agriculture, He comes from a village to the north of Bethlehem and now lives in Ramallah, a city in the middle of Palestine’s West Bank. “We love our olive trees,” he told me when I met him in Machynlleth last week, “and our farmers…
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Farmers travelling from Palestine to address a Coventry Fairtrade event have been barred from entering Britain. The three olive farmers who were set to speak at Coventry’s Herbert Art Gallery today have been denied visas by the UK Border Agency. The farmers were due to speak at a series of events during the annual Fairtrade…
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