Did you know... Ba-NOM-a-NOM uses Fair Trade Bananas? Where do they come from? EARTH University. WHY Fair Trade? This is WHY: 1. Sustainable Farming Techniques 2. NO USE of Chemicals and Pesticides 3. FAIR WAGES! 4. Education 5. YOU get to eat a feel good banana! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - EARTH University bananas are produced using a combination of techniques to reduce the impact on the environment, including: NO use of herbicides. Weed control is manual. Use of organic post-harvest fungicide. Recycling of organic waste into compost and paper. Use of chemicle-free bags to protect fruit in fields. EARTH pays its full-time farm employees above industry average wages and benefits. Through students, faculty, and staff EARTH is engaged - as an integral part of its mission - in a variety of projects to improve economic, environmental, and social conditions in the towns surrounding the campus.
Posted on: Wed, 07 May 2014 17:30:01 +0000
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