The Liberation Fairtrade Podcast

This video features Jorge Chavez Zapata, President of the Coopmulte-RL Co-operative in Nicaragua. Coopmulte is one of many smaller co-operatives that make up Del Campo, a Nicaraguan umbrella co-operative which represents more than 3,000 families organized through similar small farmer cooperatives. Del Campo was set up in 1997 and provides commercialization services to its members, who sell Fairtrade and organic products on the national and international market. Del Campo also gives technical assistance to its members, undertakes processing, delivers training and facilitates access to finance. Del Campo supplies Liberation with delicious peanuts along with co-operatives in Malawi and Mozambique in South East Africa. Here Jorge talks about the challenges facing small holder farmers in the developing world and illustrates some of the benefits from Fairtrade. To find out more please visit us at http://www.chooseliberation.com Or you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Liberation-Nuts/18489797337

This video features Casildo Quispe. Casildo is president of COINACAPA a co-operative of over 304 families who gather our organic and fair-trade certified Brazil nuts. Liberation does not sell Brazil nuts yet under our brand name but if you buy Tesco Fairtrade Brazil nuts then there is a large chance they came through Liberation from COINACAPA. COINACAPA has been exporting all of their produce to the Fairtrade market since 2004 when they obtained Fairtrade and organic certification. Brazil nut gathering is the primary cash crop of the members. In this Video Casildo talks about the dangers of Brazil nut gathering, his worries for the future of the Amazon rainforest and what it means to be part of Liberation. To find out more please visit us at http://www.chooseliberation.com Or you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Liberation-Nuts/18489797337

This video features Brigido Soza, President of the Juan Francisco Paz Silva Co-operative in Nicaragua, one of the many small producer co-operatives that supply our tasty nuts. In Nicaragua's case it is Peanuts or Groundnuts. Here he is talking about how the Fairtrade premium that his farmers receive for selling their groundnuts has helped to build a local school. These types of projects are an important part of the Fairtrade movement where co-operatives use the profits from trade to directly benefit the local communities in the places where that actual produce is grown. As Mr Soza says "The impact of Fairtrade in my village, in my family and in my co-operative has been really very positive." To find out more please visit us at http://www.chooseliberation.com Or you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Liberation-Nuts/18489797337

This video features Tomy Mathews who represents the Fairtrade Alliance of Kerala, or FTAK FTAK is located in Kerala, a province in southern-western India. Its members are spread across the 6 hilly districts on the Western Ghats of Kerala. Kerala has rooted tradition of farmers' movements to support impoverished/indebted farmers. FTAK was set up in January 2006 by members that had already been organised into farmers movements aimed at tackling the widespread problem of farmers' indebtedness. FTAK solely focuses on issues related to trade justice and views fair trade as an important tool in its efforts to regain the farmer his/her rightful place in the global economic regime. FTAK has 2,500 cashew producing members, all of which are Fairtrade certified. Most FTAK members also produce spices for the fair trade market. All members of FTAK are smallholders. In this video Tomy talks about what it means to the smallholder farmers to be a part of Liberation. To find out more please visit us at http://www.chooseliberation.com Or you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Liberation-Nuts/18489797337

This video features Dyborn Chibonga. Dyborn is the chief executive officer of the National Smallholders Farmers Association of Malawi, or NASFAM. NASFAM provide the delicious peanuts or groundnuts that go into our peanut and cashew mixes! NASFAM works with over 100,000 smallholder farmers to form and manage cohesive grass roots farmer groups for input and output marketing NASFAM Vision is to be the leading smallholder owned business and development organisation in Malawi that promotes farming as a business, producing economic and social benefits for its members, their communities and the country. NASFAM exists to improve the lives of smallholder farmers. Through a sustainable network of smallholder-owned business organisations, NASFAM develops the commercial capacity of its members and delivers programmes that enhance their productivity. In this video Dyborn explains what impact Liberation are having on the lives of NASFAM members. To find out more please visit us at http://www.chooseliberation.com Or you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Liberation-Nuts/18489797337

This video features Brigido Soza, President of the Juan Francisco Paz Silva Co-operative in Nicaragua and his little friend Yerik Alexander Arauz Perez. They are singing a traditional Nicaraguan song about Mothers to mark Mothers day. The Juan Francisco Paz Silva co-operative is one of the many small producer co-operatives that supply our tasty nuts. In Nicaragua's case it is Peanuts or Groundnuts. To find out more please visit us at http://www.chooseliberation.com Or you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Liberation-Nuts/18489797337

This video features the farmers of Del Campo, a Nicaraguan co-operative which represents more than 3,000 families organized in small farmers cooperatives. Del Campo was set up in 1997 and provides commercialization services to its members, who sell Fairtrade and organic products on the national and international market. Del Campo also gives technical assistance to its members, undertakes processing, delivers training and facilitates access to finance. Del Campo supplies Liberation with our delicious peanuts along with co-operatives in Malawi and Mozambique in South East Africa. To find out more please visit us at http://www.chooseliberation.com Or you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Liberation-Nuts/18489797337

This video features Brigido Soza, President of the Juan Francisco Paz Silva Co-operative in Nicaragua, one of the many small producer co-operatives that supply our tasty nuts. In Nicaragua's case it is Peanuts or Groundnuts. Here he is singing a traditional Nicaraguan song about the environment with his small friend Yerik Alexander Arauz Perez! To find out more please visit us at http://www.chooseliberation.com Or you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Liberation-Nuts/18489797337