Features

Summer 2007
Eco-palms gain support of church organizations

It started four years ago as a pilot project to demonstrate that trade, under the right conditions, can yield environmental benefits.

Today, “eco-palm” is not only a sustainable crop for harvesters in Mexico and Guatemala, but also an important feature of Palm Sunday for churches across the United States. Read article

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