Media in Slough Cover Producer Visit
Zaytoun on April 4th, 2010For Slough media coverage click here
When Farmers Talk to Farmers… By Meic Llewellyn
Zaytoun on April 4th, 2010Haitham 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 know each one as an individual. I’m sure Welsh farmers are just the same with their fields, and their sheep.” Many of the olive groves – and the trees within them – are over a thousand years old, and the same Palestinian families have been tending the plantations for centuries.
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Coventry Telegraph: Fairtrade Palestinian Farmers Heading for Coventry Denied UK Entry
Zaytoun on April 4th, 2010Farmers 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 Fortnight, exactly a year after becoming the first olive oil producers in the world to be awarded Fairtrade status.
But the UK Border Agency has refused visas for Lina Mahmoud, Belal Eid and Nahed Besharieh.
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The Muslim News Article: Palestinian Farmers Denied Visas to Visit UK
Zaytoun on April 4th, 2010The British government is being urged to overturn a decision denying three Palestinian farmers from visiting the UK.
Lina Mahmoud, Nahed Beshariah and Belal Eid were due to attend the Fairtrade Fortnight to promote the export of olive oil from the West Bank to the UK.
The decision to deny the farmers, who are the first olive oil producers in the world to be awarded Fairtrade status, was raised in parliament in an Early Day Motion from Labour backbench MP Katy Clark.
Clarke reminded the government that Prime Minister Gordon Brown expressed delight about the initiative last year and called for the famers to be allowed entry into the UK.
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NUS Article: Hope in a Conflict Zone: The Zaytoun Story…
Zaytoun on November 18th, 2009Zaytoun was recently featured in the NUS Magazine ‘Spotlight’. To read the full article click here
Triodos Bank: Where Transparency is the Best Policy
Zaytoun on November 18th, 2009Zaytoun is among the many ethical projects that benefit from a Triodos Bank loan to support its growth. Now Triodos is the first bank allowing anyone to see all the loans it is making. To read more click here
Farmers in Palestine Create Amazing Produce - Guardian Article
Zaytoun on October 7th, 2009Palestine produces some of the finest olive oils in the world, not to mention dates, nuts, tomatoes – even wine. Now, despite the conflict, farmers are finding ways to export their produce – and show the world that their country is still the land of milk and honey.
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Zaytoun Favourite Ethical Consumer Product
Zaytoun on October 7th, 2009Zaytoun Olive Oil is among the top products mentioned in a recent Ethical Consumer Magazine poll. See more here
The Bottom Line: Ethical Oil is A First for Fairtrade
Zaytoun on October 7th, 2009Zaytoun is a Community Interest Company created to develop a UK market for fairly traded Palestinian produce.
The company is a co-operative and a member of the World Fair Trade Organisation. Zaytoun has worked with farmer co-ops to introduce the first olive oil and olives to receive the Fairtrade Foundation mark.
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Zaytoun Wins Times Readers’ Award - Women in Ethical Business
Zaytoun on July 22nd, 2009Zaytoun is proud to have won The Women in Ethical Business Awards and thanks all Times Readers’ for voting for us.
For further information click here and to see a video of Zaytoun’s Director Heather Gardner click here.
