Scarborough Fair Foods Organic Fairtrade Green Tea
Scarborough Fair Foods have a range of specialty teas, coffees and chocolates that are Fairtrade certified. Some go further and are organic and biodynamic certified as well. The Fairtrade logo ensures the growers are not exploited and receive fair prices for the produce. The flow on to the communities helps them maintain self sufficiency and not be subject to exploitation such as child labour.
The Scarborough Fair organic green tea is one of the range of specialty teas and is available in plain, lemon, mango and lime and finally, mint. Being biodynamic certified it ensures the leaves are grown without chemicals and pesticides and follows ecological and sustainable farming methods.
They are available throughout Australia and New Zealand in supermarkets and come in packets of 50 and 25 bags.
To see more about the range of specialty organic teas see the Scarborough Fair website.
Botanical Interests certified organic vegetable seeds
If you prefer to eat organic produce and wish to do your bit for the environment and your budget, the Botanical Interests range of certified organic vegetable seeds are perfect for you. Botanical Interests was started back in 1977 by husband and wife team, Curtis and Judy Jones in Colorado and has grown into a nationwide supplier of quality organic seeds.
The range of certified organic vegetable seeds is huge and includes multiple varieties of all the usual vegetables plus a few extras. Arugula, beans, beets, broccoli, carrots, corn and cucumber. That’s just the ones starting A through C and there is over 90 different organic vegetable seeds in the product range as listed on their website.
Vegetables aren’t the only seeds they produce, so visit the Botanical Interests website for more details.
Scarborough Fair Organic Fairtrade Coffee
Scarborough Fair Foods was established in 2004 by a New Zealand based food marketing company. They wanted to take a mainstream approach to distributing Fairtrade certified organic coffee rather than the usual method of premium priced low volume products.
Fairtrade is reasonably well know with their logo now on many products globally. Briefly, their mission is to ensure the producers receive a fair price for their products and the flow on from this is better quality of life, clean water, minimum safety standards and no child labour, just to name a few.
The Scarborough Fair organic coffee is sourced from Guatemala, Mexico and Peru. Most of these are based around the co-operative farming model. There are a variety of options with ground roasted, beans and instant. They are then available in a variety of blends using, for example, arabica and robusta beans, with dark roast, medium roast plus others.
Check out the Scarborough Fair website for a list of all the Fairtrade organic coffees.
Organic Fairtrade certified Republica Coffee
Republica Coffee is an Australian owned company started by Jacqueline Arias. Of course it made sense for her to ensure the growers are given a fair price for their work after hearing stories from her parents about coffee farming in ancestral Colombia. All the coffee is Fairtrade certified and organic. Her philosphy is simple in that a profitable business can go hand in hand with running an ethical company.
At the time of writing there are three products on offer. Firstly the Organic Signature Blend with a full buttery body and sweet nutty chocolate notes. Second, the Organic Timor Blend an Arabica coffee sourced from the small country of Timor to the north west of Australia. A fruity aroma and subtle dark chocolate aftertaste. Finally there is the a decaffeinated blend, Peru Organic Decaf. As the name suggests, the beans are grown in the Peruvian Andes and decaffeinated using pure water and definitely no chemicals. This has a floral aroma and earthy character.
They are available at major supermarket chains plus many specialty food stores. For more information plus instructions on how to brew the perfect cup at home, visit the Republica Coffee website.
Sambazon Acai Products
The Sambazon Acai Project aims to help the more than 30 000 traditional communities living within the rural areas of the Brazilian Amazon. In the last 40 years more than 20% of their habitat has been devastated by clearing. This part of the world affects the world’s climate and not just the local one. Sambazon is helping to unite the local communities through the Sutainable Development Model. Some of these families are the poorest in the world and yet they are living next to one of the most nutrient rich products in the world called Acai.
Acai is a berry full of antioxidants, amino acids, protein and essential omega fatty acids. Sambazon acai products are all certified organic and a natural source of energy. Their product line consists of ready to drink juices and smoothies, energy drinks, sorbet and supplements. There are recipes on the website to combine these products with other foods for even more flavour.
More information about acai and the Sambazon Acai Project are on the Sambazon website.
