Diane Adkin 3/26/15 Diane Adkin 3/26/15

Amazing Women

The amazing women (and men) of the Mukileto Presbyterian Church Mission Team fundraise selling Palestinian Fair Trade olive oil. "It is a special joy and privilege to know that these funds will provide micro grants for Palestinian women's cooperatives."

Diane Adkin 7/10/14 Diane Adkin 7/10/14

Farming = Resistance

Agriculture is one of the most important elements of resistance that Palestinians have. The role of community is helping farmers stay on their land rather than submit to the industrial zones that will end their way of life and destroy their natural and economic resources.

Diane Adkin 3/29/14 Diane Adkin 3/29/14

PFTA success recognized by ILO

The Palestine Fair Trade Association (PFTA) has been recognized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) as a world model for rural development!

Diane Adkin 2/1/14 Diane Adkin 2/1/14

“Tell them…”

In Palestine, they are close to their land. This feeling of home is echoed by other peoples yearning for independence and freedom to live their lives not under the thumb of a colonial power.

Diane Adkin 1/13/14 Diane Adkin 1/13/14

Jimmy Buffett, Canaan Fair Trade?

Canaan Fair Trade received a full page ad in the Green America National Green Pages thanks to the generosity of Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Store in Key West, Florida, and Sunshine Smith. Canaan was honored for promoting a fair and just supply chain for olive oil.

Diane Adkin 12/30/13 Diane Adkin 12/30/13

Snow and olive trees

Snow, rains, floods in Palestine, what about the farmers?

Diane Adkin 12/9/13 Diane Adkin 12/9/13

Farming Palestine for Freedom

When Palestinians can grow their own food on their own land and are able to fish their sea, they will be food secure. They need a Right to Farm Campaign for a resistance economy that is deeply connected to the land.

Diane Adkin 12/4/13 Diane Adkin 12/4/13

Scott Kennedy comes home

Scott had a profound commitment to peace in Palestine, combined with a joy of life, and we miss him fiercely. Now he has come back to Palestine.

Diane Adkin 12/2/13 Diane Adkin 12/2/13

Donor Opium

The discourse on Palestine is changing. If you are interested in building an independent Palestinian economy with food security and free movement of goods and people, you must watch this documentary.

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