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Seit etwa einem Jahr gibt es für die Angestellten der Cashewfabrik in Burkina Faso eine Kinderkrippe. Es ist Zeit für ein Update!

26. July 2017

Leonie Ezin und Colette Adjakpa – so heissen zwei von insgesamt 229 Produzentinnen und Produzenten der Glazoue Kooperative. Bernadette Sossou und Victorine Gbade gehören zur 203-köpfigen Kooperative Ouesse.

24. July 2017

Social and ecological considerations are are central aspects of our work. For this reason, we measured our sustainability targets numerically for the first time in 2016.

29. June 2017

Libera Terra's pasta is anything but ordinary. This is partly due to the way it is made, but especially to the soils on which the raw materials are grown. These have been confiscated from the Mafia by the state! (Last update: 9.04.2025)

23. June 2017

This year we had to raise prices on some of our Organic & Fair foods – here’s why.

1. June 2017

We ourselves say that we operate in particularly difficult regions of the world. But what does that actually mean?

17. May 2017

In Part 1 we examined why doing business in the countries Burkina Faso, Togo and Benin is difficult. So what drives us to be active precisely there?

17. May 2017

Via crowdfunding we were able to send mango transport crates to Burkina Faso again at the beginning of the year. A total of 1,248 crates arrived in Burkina Faso at the end of March.

4. May 2017

As in the previous year, a dozen customers traveled to Greece this April and visited organic farmers there. Two things stood out to Sandra Dütschler, Head of Marketing at gebana, on this year's trip to the Peloponnese peninsula

20. April 2017

When I think about what you mean to gebana and to me personally, many things come to mind. For example, the following phrases you often repeated: “Then we'll just do it ourselves”, “There is no fair product”, “My dream i

19. April 2017

The production of olive oil has a long tradition in Palestine. And it is more important today than ever.

16. March 2017

Questions to Saleem Abu Ghazaleh, Fair Trade Director of the Agricultural Development Association (PARC) in Palestine, February 5, 2017

16. March 2017

The launch was successful! Since January this year, a gebana tower has been installed in the Weltläden in Romanshorn and Altstätten, giving customers the opportunity to learn about our concept and taste our delicacies – and of course

13. March 2017

It could have become a success story. For about 4 years we imported almonds from the Tunisian village Jajel Bel Abess. A total of 13 farming families, who cultivated almonds on their 0.5 to 2 hectares of land, were supposed to benefit thanks to organic- и

9. February 2017

How long have you been with gebana Afrique in Burkina Faso? I started at gebana in Bobo Dioulasso five months ago. However, I have been in Burkina Faso for 15 years.

23. January 2017

At the age of 6, children in Burkina Faso start school. Until then they are cared for by their mothers. Since many women still have to work during this time, they waited on the forecourt of the cashew factory during working hours

5. October 2016

“There are many advantages to organic production. The price is attractive and we receive a lot of advice. Because of organic farming I also see the benefit of being in a cooperative. Today I no longer have complaints like before due to the application of”

22. August 2016

After the training on Fair Trade certification, the delegates returned to their cooperatives and first informed the other board members and staff about what they had learned. After internal discussions they decided

25. July 2016

In Togo, cocoa yields are declining due to the aging of cocoa trees. Renewing the tree stocks is therefore an important concern for the farmers.

13. July 2016

The Greek farmers and our Greece partner Anyfion had invited us last autumn, when at the height of the Greece crisis we asked what their greatest need was. Their answer: "Visit us, we want the customers

1. May 2016

Global demand for cashew nuts is steadily increasing and the market is very opaque. Large Swiss food companies are therefore also looking for ways to secure their needs long-term and are taking a close look at whom they do it with.

8. April 2016