Today is International Mother #EarthDay! Covering around 27 percent of the earth's land surface, mountains play a critical role in moving the world towards sustainable economic growth. #MountainsMatter
Curious about the recent #GreenClaims proposal & what the consequences are for the organic industry & beyond? Want to know what the requirements for sustainability labeling will be? Join our webinar on 4 May 🧐👉 https://t.co/V5JNUuKKAX
Happy Earth Day 💚 Today and everyday, we are inspired by our communities of the Nilgiris who continue to caretake their forests and the Earth as part of Indigenous tradition and culture.
Our #TLPartner program celebrates conscious producers on the basis of the quality of their produce, traceability, their production practices, how they treat their workforce, their interventions in the community around them & the sincerity of their efforts & vision.
#WomensDay
Last Forest (@forest_last ) comes into the picture because these mountains have ecosystems & forest-food work that only exist here, but that are facing deforestation, climate changes
Kotagiri, where they are based, has the last remaining urban shola forest of its kind
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The Locavore talked to the @forest_last team about what sustainability means to them, working closely with the original caretakers of the Shola forests, and their personal favourite products!
Read excerpts from our interview with them here: https://t.co/s1HNfPKrxe
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How do living wages and fair purchasing practices mitigate human rights risks?
Our OECD Forum side session on #DueDiligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector explores due diligence and the role of fair cotton and textile supply chains.
Register: https://t.co/W0hYNS2ScA
Plants, animals, insects, microbes and their environment...
Biodiversity is vital to global food production and essential for human well-being.
Discover what @FAO is doing to protect #biodiversity & safeguard our future
👉 https://t.co/yiSzcpHv1V
via @FAO
Passionate about cooking, Harbhajan Kaur started Harbhajan’s-Bachpan Yaad Aajaye, a cloud kitchen at the age of 90 to fulfil her lifelong dream of being independent.
She opened the doors of her beautiful kitchen for our #InsideMyKitchen series.
https://t.co/vvdEDXR9vd
Our 3 main objectives?
🐌 Defending biological & cultural diversity;
🐌 Educating & mobilizing the world around us;
🐌 Influencing public decision-makers & the private sector.
👉 Join us if you too believe in the #joy of food as a #catalyst for change! https://t.co/i7JPa55xtA
Last Forest also provides community trainings in honey evaluation and beeswax byproduct development to help preserve the craft and wisdom of the people.
Read more about them and their produce here: https://t.co/dF81AZ9Ipl
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A major activity among the tribal communities in this region is honey hunting and the honey harvested makes for @forest_last ’s infused and natural honey products on their website.
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@forest_last works to support forest-based livelihoods, primarily engaging with the Kurumba, Irula, Toda, and Badaga communities under the umbrella of Aadhimalai, a collective of tribal producers and farmers of the Nilgiris.
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From Toda bags and potleys, to forest produce like honey and flours, @lastforest helps the indigenous communities like the Irulas, Todas and Kurumbas expand their markets and give financial independence to the indigenous women of the region
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We are so proud to grow our #TLPartner producer community in 2023 with Last Forest (@forest_last ), a Tamil Nadu-based enterprise headquartered in Kotagiri.
ABCD: four companies have long dominated the global grain trade. These grain giants have made a bonanza from the #foodcrisis. It’s time to take them apart
- our op-ed for @openDemocracy
https://t.co/PEu96VtELK
.@Zaytoun_CIC was founded in 2004 to support the livelihoods and resilience of Palestinian producing communities through fair trade. 🇬🇧
https://t.co/wY1WXyflsM