5.4.2009

Rainforest Alliance Staffers from Africa and Asia Collaborate on Updating Sustainable Agriculture Standards

Recently, a group of lead auditors and technical experts from the Rainforest Alliance's Africa and Asia teams met to discuss some important new changes to the Sustainable Agriculture Network standards. Ria Stout, senior manager of sustainable agriculture auditing services, discusses the summit.

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1.7.2009

Travels in Ghana -- Part Four

After spending nearly a week in Ghana attending meetings on the state of cocoa farming and visiting with local farming communities, Rainforest Alliance executive director Tensie Whelan concludes her trip with a visit to Samartex, a sustainable forest company.

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12.18.2008

Travels in Ghana -- Part Three

Tensie Whelan, the Rainforest Alliance's executive director, continues her travelogue about her recent trip to Ghana. Here, she relates her experiences at "The Future of Cocoa," a major conference on sustainability hosted by snack food giant Mars, Inc.

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12.10.2008

Travels in Ghana -- Part Two

Rainforest Alliance executive director Tensie Whelan continues to share the story of her recent trip to Ghana, where, with the help of Mars, Inc. and other organizations, we have been actively working with cocoa-producing communities to help them implement sustainable farming practices.

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11.26.2008

Travels in Ghana -- Part One

In late October, 2008, Rainforest Alliance executive director Tensie Whelan joined Christian Mensah -- an agronomist who recently joined our sustainable agriculture team -- in Ghana to take in the landscape, learn about the state of the cocoa industry and witness, first-hand, the need for reforestation in a country plagued by the effects of unsustainable farming.

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