• Grenada Chocolate Co.: A small, organic chocolate company with great ideals that recently went from co-op to company structure. Not fair trade certified, but still worth supporting — and enjoying the award-winning chocolate. Nearest retail location’s in San Francisco, but you can order online.
• Olympics with child labor. 4 Chinese factories licensed to manufacture goods for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing are violating basic labor standards. A reason to get your sports gear from Fair Trade Sports instead. On the upside, sort of, Beijing announced the creation of new “energy-saving police.”



• The next Kombucha Kamp happens this Sunday, June 17, at 3 pm in Culver City. Email kombuchakamp@gmail.com to get in on this $15 class that’ll supply you with a lifetime of yummy kombucha. I took it, and am currently enjoying Acai-flavored kombucha.
• Organic beef industry’s growing — and facing feed shortages. Demand for organic feed’s growing by about 20% each year, while US production of organic row crops is growing only by about 4%. So some organic farmers are resorting to importing feed from as far away as China.

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