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STORIES Steve Chiotakis: The Israeli-occupied West Bank has been relatively calm the last few months. And tourists are taking advantage. They’re flocking in record numbers to

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

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

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

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 olive branch is universally recognized as a symbol of peace and reconciliation. Although notoriously linked with Noah’s dove in the Old Testament, its metaphorical