The Pacific Growers Export Partnership & African Pacific – Organic Fair Trade Event, 21 November 2011, Sydney, Australia

The Pacific Growers Export Partnership & African Pacific: Organic Fair Trade Event from Natalie Lowrey on Vimeo.

African Pacific is a fairly traded company specialising in organics and fairly traded products from the South Pacific.

We work with environmentally sustainable principles for the full product cycle – from the seed to the products to the packaging. We have initiated and worked alongside growers of coconut, cocoa, and vanilla in the region since 1998.
africanpacific.com

The network, the Pacific Growers Export Partnership (PGEP), has grown to around 12,000 growers.
pacificgrowers.net

Guest Speakers

• Sakiasi Veitogavi – Fijian team leader for the PGEP
• Caleb Jarvis, Trade Commissioner, Pacific Islands Trade & Investment Commision
• Andreas Lombardozzi – Founder- African Pacific and Nui, who produce the world’s first certified organic soap – which is now manufactured from Fiji with the help of the $1 a day program.

At the event there were also tables with some excellent Christmas Gifts, Nui products such as body butters and washes, shaving creams, coconut oil and flour, cocoa, and Chocolate bars. with some light “Fair trade” refreshments. You can also meet the growers online by visiting nuigeneration.com or visit the Nui web at nuicoconut.com

Venue:
Sydney School of Mechanical Arts,
Level 1, 280 Pitt Street (corner of Park Street),
Sydney

pacificgrowers.net
africanpacific.com
nuicoconut.com
pacifictradeinvest.com

Hope all well…thank you all for the support in 2012…just a quick note to before the Christmas break. The Vanuatu Agriculture College and the Pacific Growers Export Partnership will be hosting a series of Sustainable Agri-Business workshops in line with the Strategic Policy Brief on Cocoa Development in Vanuatu 2012 – 2015. (attached). Read More

Pacific Growers Export Partnership (PGEP). Team Leader Solomon Islands, John Saki is discussing the general process and advantages of cocoa rehabilitation through stumping. The practice involves cutting down old tress to permit rapid regrowth from the remaining stem. Read More

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