The fragrant and healthy oil extracted from the fruit of the olive tree, indigenous to the rocky hills of the West Bank, has long been
Journalist Melinda Tuhus visited Canaan and the PFTA during the 2011 olive harvest and festival and filed this report in the July/August 2012 edition of
Exporting local products to global markets is one of the pillars of any country’s economy, but farmers in the Palestinian territories deal with the unique
Bloomberg Businessweek special report. Green Business: From the West Bank, Fair-Trade Olives. A Palestinian entrepreneur boosted the price paid for organic produce and has become
The Palestinian-American entrepreneur Nasser Abufarha, Founder of the nonprofit Palestine Fair Trade Association (PFTA), and Canaan Fair Trade, the largest exporter of fair trade and
Farmers and growers often face obstacles in their line of work. Bureaucracy, erratic weather, the cost-price squeeze, all take their toll. Spare a thought for
June 1, 2010 By Geri Stengel “Social impact is our entrepreneurship goal and this is also serving us from a business standpoint.” Need I say
Find “A First for Palestine” Arab British Chamber of commerce on the lunch of Canaan OO, and Breakthrough for Palestinian growers
November 1, 2009 By Diane Adkin They are everywhere in the West Bank, dotting the hillsides and terraces around Jenin, the ancient olive trees of
October 25, 2009 By Howard Schneider Palestinian farmer Mur’eb Kaileh, 70, with bags of olives that will eventually be processed for oil at a facility
