Fairfood International: Eat Fair, Beat Hunger

Did you know that every day, 25,000 people die from hunger related causes? That is one person every 3.5 seconds. And yet, ironically, there is enough food in the world for everyone. Fairfood International believes that part of the solution to hunger and poverty lays in establishing increasingly sustainable trade agreements.

Fairfood is an Amsterdam-based nonprofit that works on a number of social, environmental and economic issues and is committed to the improvement of working conditions across the globe, putting an end to environmentally damaging practices and making trade sustainable. I'm happy to report that the organization has recently opened an office in San Francisco and will be expanding their reach towards improving the sustainability of the American food industry. So watch out Big Ag!

How can you help? Fairfood provides a variety of ways to participate whether signing up for their newsletter, joining their online geek team or taking the Fairfood pledge. You can also follow them on Twitter and Facebook.

-Dorothée