From dragon@mail.islandnet.com Wed Nov 27 20:24:47 1996 Received: from mx2.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.08/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA42622; Wed, 27 Nov 96 20:24:47 -0800 Received: from mail (mail.islandnet.com [198.53.172.12]) by mx2.u.washington.edu (8.8.2+UW96.11/8.8.2+UW96.10) with SMTP id UAA11581 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 1996 20:24:45 -0800 Received: from [198.53.172.163] [198.53.172.220] by mail (Smail3.2) with smtp id m0vSxzT-0006axC for ; Wed, 27 Nov 1996 20:22:23 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 20:21:02 -0800 To: indknow@u.washington.edu From: dragon@mail.islandnet.com (lischeron) Subject: Looking for a Market Organic for Foods? to the indknow list - although I realize this isn't strictly indknow material, there may be some of you who know Indigenous peoples who are looking for markets for their products - perhaps this could be of some use. all the best, beth >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Thu, 07 Nov 96 08:17:00 PST >From: Perez, Carlos >To: ecological agriculture > > ---------- >From: owner-devel-l >To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L >Subject: Looking for a Market Organic for Foods? > >FoodLinks, an initiative of the International Development Research Centre, >is looking for sources of Organic (certified or potentially-certified) >fruits, vegetables, grains, roots and tubers in developing countries that >could have market potential in Canada and the United States. >Specifically, in promoting equitable and sustainable development, >FoodLinks has developed a Foods Database which provides information about >valuable food products produced in an ethically- and environmentally-sound >manner that could meet niche market demands in North America. We have >found growing interest for food products that are not only healthy, but >also have positive effects on the local ecology and on producer >communities. We wish to expand both the number of producers and the range >of products in our Database and encourage your input. > >If you are working with, or are familiar with food producers (coops, >producer association, etc.) that are using sustainable or organic >techniques and who would like to be on our database, please send us a >message that includes the following information: > >The Food Product > >1. Name of product; >2. What are the unique and/or valuable characteristics of the product >(nutritional, functional, medicinal, etc.) that could be marketed in North >America? >3. What varieties are available and what are their differences? >4. What are the current uses of the product, in the home and in the markets? >5. How is the product currently processed? What level of technology is used >for processing; is it processed locally, regionally or outside the country? >6. Are the products organically grown (or pesticide-free)? >7. What is the estimated level of the product available for >commercialization? > >The Food Producer > >1. Name and location of producer groups (complete address, e-mail, >phone,fax, and related contact information); >2. Who are the producers? What are their forms of association (cooperative, >private entrepreneurs, etc.)? >3. Do the producers adhere to all of FoodLinks' Environmental and Ethical >Criteria (see FoodLinks WWW Homepage, or contact us for details). > > FoodLinks > P.O. Box 2500, 11th Floor, 250 Albert Street > Ottawa, ON K1G 3H9 CANADA > > WWW Homepage: www.idrc.ca/foodlinks/index.html > E-mail: foodlinks@idrc.ca > Phone: (613) 236-6163 ext 2439 > Fax: (613) 567-7749 > >Looking forward to seeing your input. > >Sincerely, > >Najeeb Mirza >Liaison Officer > We are the mirror as well as the face in it. We are tasting the taste this minute of eternity. We are the pain and what cures pain, both. We are the sweet, cold water and the jar that pours... --Rumi, 13th century Sufi poet ~ =|= Raven, 3479 Kinsol Road, Duncan, British Columbia, V9L 4W4, Canada phone: 604-748-2876 * fax: 604-748-7002 e-mail dragon@mail.islandnet.com NOTE: AS OF OCTOBER 19TH, AREA CODE BECOMES 250 (IE 250-748-2867/250-748-7002) .