Give a Bunch

06 March 2012 | Posted by julia in All Good News, Our View of the World

Why do we give a bunch? Watch our video to see why we’re working with KidsCan to give bananas to Kiwi Kids who need a hand, and what you can do to help.

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Help us to help Kiwi Kids…

27 February 2012 | Posted by julia in All Good News, Our View of the World, Uncategorized

Kiwis like everyone to have a fair go. It’s why you’ve already helped over 900 kids in El Guabo go to school by buying All Good Fairtrade bananas.

It’s also why we think you’d like to do something to help kids in our own backyard who are going without the basics.

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Our friends at KidsCan have been helping schools for the past six years with basic items like food, raincoats and shoes. So they were the perfect people to let us know how best to help. We were a bit ashamed to learn that one in four Kiwi kids turn up hungry to school. It’s pretty hard to learn when the hungry tummy monsters attack! One of the key things KidsCan mentioned was, often these kids weren’t getting any fresh fruit in their diet at all.

So, we’d like you to help us give fresh bananas to kids who really need it. KidsCan have recommended schools that will really benefit from a regular supply of fresh bananas, and the bananas will be given out at the schools’ discretion to those who need them most.

With your help, we want to give away 5,000 bunches (roughly 25,000 bananas). For every like we get on Facebook, we’ll give one bunch of bananas to a school. We already have enough likes from our existing fan base to deliver bananas to our first school for a year. So, help us to deliver more. The more likes we get, the more schools we can deliver to. Just click here or on the image above.

And don’t forget to tell your friends.

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You can trust us and you don’t need to take our word for it.

09 February 2012 | Posted by simon in Our View of the World

Over the summer holidays there were a few stories in the media about the ethical and green claims found on products in our supermarkets. A series of articles in The New Zealand Herald took a look at what’s behind green and ethical labeling.

Although our summer reading usually involves lying on the beach with a good book or the sports section it was helpful to see some of the evidence behind these claims explained and challenged. After all there are more and more green and ethical products to choose from in the shops these days.

Our friends at Ecostore wrote an insightful blog on this, aptly named “When it comes to green claims who can we trust?” They ask how we tell if a product is healthier, greener or fairer than any other product on the supermarket shelves?

At the end of the day, that’s exactly what it comes down to. Who can we trust?

Why would we be expected to know the chemical ingredients, provenance and politics behind all the products we buy. Especially when we take an average of less than 5 seconds to choose a product in a supermarket…. (read on)

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