Zaytoun

Fairtrade Fortnight tour schedule shaping up!

For the latest news on where our Palestinian visitors will be during Fairtrade Fortnight 2012 please check out our events page . This year we are celebrating the first batch of Fairtrade-certified Palestinian almonds, as well as hearing from farmer Riziq abu Nasser about what’s been happening in the village of Deir Istya since he…

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Plant olive trees in Palestine

Zaytoun supports an olive tree planting project which is run by the Palestine Fair Trade Association (PFTA) (http://www.palestinefairtrade.org/) who are based in Jenin. The PFTA farmer coops produce the olive oil, olives, maftoul, almonds and sun dried tomatoes which Zaytoun are selling. £20 pays for four olive tree saplings (3 years old) please contact order@zaytoun.org…

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Zaytoun is recruiting

Zaytoun is recruiting for new position which will play a key role in our small team. The Customer Relations Manager information can be found at this link. Deadline for applications 5pm January 13th.

Zaytoun harvest team report

Olive Harvest Report 2011 Friends of Madama and Burin, Zaytoun and IWPS This is the third year Friends of Madama and Burin, working in conjunction with Zaytoun and IWPS return to the small villages of Burin, Madama and Asaira Al Qibliyeh to offer solidarity during the time of the Olive Harvest. These villages situated in the northern West…

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Channel 4

ClearlySo feature on Zaytoun

Zaytoun is featured on the blog pages of ClearlySo – a business focussing on connecting social business, enterprise, commerce and investment. We’re proud to be seen not just as a campaigning company, but as a social enterprise – we truly believe that fair trade offers so much to the producers with whom we work, as…

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Zaytoun organic olive oil wins Soil Association award

Zaytoun is chuffed to have been awarded the “Commended” logo for our olive oil in the recent annual Soil Association Organic Food Awards. Because the oil was nominated by a member of the public, we can also add “Commended by Consumer”. Further proof that buying Palestinian olive oil is not only good for the farmers,…

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Ramadan Dates Campaign

Our delicious Medjoul dates are selling really well this Ramadan – thanks to all our customers who have been breaking their daily fast with Palestinian dates! You’ll find lots of information and campaign resources here including posters, leaflets and the story behind the date producers in Jericho

Zaytoun July 2011 newsletter

Dear Zaytoun customers and supporters, July Newsletter l Freedom For Palestine l Islam and Fairtrade; Ramadan 2011 l Olive Harvest trips 2011 l Taysir’s report from Palestine l The marvelous Mark Thomas l Upcoming events l Where to purchase our products Freedom for Palestine – 4 days left to be part of it We have…

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Zaytoun May/June 2011 newsletter

Dear Zaytoun customers and supporters, We hope you are all well. May has flown by and we are finally finding the time to write our newsletter. May/June Newsletter l Delicious Medjoul Dates are here! l Olive Harvest trips 2011 l International Women’s Peace Service call for volunteers l Taysir’s report from Palestine l Upcoming events…

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