We are at ASSAHA Supermarket !

New Entry in the Lebanese market : Our products are now sold at
ASSAHA Supermarket in Mar Takla, Hazmieh.

A wide choice of products is there for you, our stand Terroirs du Liban is filled with Syrups, Virgin Olive Oil, Red Wine, Distillates....

...and a variety of condiments for your refined cuisine: Grilled Wheat, Zaatar, Fleur de Sel, Chilli Paste, Organic Ketchup and Goat Kechek (our famous Lebanese specialty, exquisite!)...

...you will also find our whole selection of jams and fruits in syrup!

Dear bloggers and followers,

Fair Trade is about improving lives...it is about helping small producers strengthen their activities while providing them with marketing and sales opportunities, sustainable solutions and better incomes in order for them to fight against rural exodus, poverty and unemployment.

But not only, Fair Trade is also about ensuring that the final product is irreproachable in regard to quality and to recipes.
We are proud to say that the brand Terroirs du Liban has passed all quality tests and requirements necessary for export (ingredients used, process of production and packaging are all approved in the European and North-American markets), our products attract consumers by their natural and traditional process (no additives nor preservatives), their taste, their variety, and that fun twist of modernity!...

The best way to enjoy all of the above is to go ahead and indulge yourself in...
Terroirs du Liban

For more info, call: 05 952 153

Pictures of FTL's catering!

En route to women's cooperatives in the Bekaa - iloubnan.info

Report by Anne llcinkas from iloubnan.info
Music by Dhafer Youssef

This report summarizes our field trip on October 15th and our celebration of World Rural Woman's Day. In the midst of our most forgotten Lebanese villages, there are powerful women doing some impressive work and bringing change to their households and communities...this video is priceless...

Thank you Anne.

Catering by Fair Trade Lebanon

Time Out Beirut and Save Beirut Heritage are organizing a screening of Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige's 1999 feature film "Autour de la Maison Rose" (92mins, Arabic with English subtitles), on Tuesday 26 October, 8pm at the Association de Développement de Gemmayzé.

Fair Trade Lebanon will provide snacks and drinks for all cineclub-goers. A selection of delicious grilled wheat for nibbling, molasses biscuits, refreshing mulberry, rose and bitter orange syrups and jams will be offered on the menu!

Yum Oh! All made by our partner cooperatives...

To attend, visit the Facebook page event or the TimeOutBeirut website.

For more information call 71 535 137

Remember, October 26th, See you there! :)

Article published in L'Orient-Le Jour by the journalist Rana Andraos

Article is available here.

Fair Trade Lebanon featured in - Top stories - iloubnan.info

Pictures and report by Anne llcinkas.

The Success Platter or what happened on October 15th....

To make a Success Platter, you need:

-2 cups of Believers and Visionaries
-250g of Long-term Focus and Commitment

-250g of the rich mixture: Motivation, Solidarity, Ethics

-A handful of Laughter

-1 teaspoon of a few falls

-1 tablespoon of Lessons learnt

For topping:We suggest some white cream made of Ambitions and Projects

Combine all ingredients. Spread in pan and bake until golden brown!
This recipe serves a lot of people, as many as you want, perhaps even a whole nation...

On October 15th, we spent a day with nothing on our mind but the future of our dear Lebanon. Journalists have shown us recognition for the hard work of rural women in their cooperatives and for the cause of Fair Trade...it was a rewarding day...

To all of you with us on that day, Thank You...

Celebrating World Rural Woman's Day on October 15th

On October 15th 2010, Fair Trade Lebanon will invite local journalists to a field trip day to celebrate the World Rural Woman's Day and raise awareness for the Fair Trade cause and its impact on local disadvantaged communities.

Our organization has programmed visits to two women's cooperatives and partners located in the Bekaa. This field trip will give the journalists the chance to dialogue with those active women, learn about their stories and watch them while they work in their cooperatives.

We will first visit women from the cooperative of Fourzol, in the caza of Zahle to witness the preparation of grape molasses. Then we will head to Rachaya in West Bekaa, where the cooperative will be preparing jams and grilled wheat. Members will openly speak about their daily challenges, their progress and their ambitions.

Pictures and press releases will be available after the 15th, stay posted!

Facts about Rural Women

In 10 days we celebrate the World Rural Woman's Day, here are some interesting facts and challenges....

Rural Women, mainly farmers, are at least 1.6 billion and represent more than a quarter of the total world population.

Women produce on average more than half of all the food that is grown: up to 80% in Africa, 60% in Asia, between 30 and 40 % in Latin America and Western countries.

Women own only 2% of the land and receive only 1% of all agriculture credit.

Only 5% of all agricultural extension resources are directed to women.

Women represent 2/3 of all illiterate people.

The number of rural women living in poverty has doubled since 1970.

Source: International Federation of Agricultural Producers