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  • Women paddle a boat filled with produce and sell to families who live along the banks of the Tonle Sap River in Cambodia.
    cambodia-2005-jeffrey-rural-040.jpg
  • A woman selling produce in a market near Thyolo, in southern Malawi.
    malawi-2011-jeffrey-236.jpg
  • A woman selling produce in a market near Thyolo, in southern Malawi.
    malawi-2011-jeffrey-235.jpg
  • A woman selling produce in a market near Thyolo, in southern Malawi.
    malawi-2011-jeffrey-234.jpg
  • A woman selling produce in a market near Thyolo, in southern Malawi.
    malawi-2011-jeffrey-233.jpg
  • A woman sells produce in a market in Kamina, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Constructed by the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), the market provides local residents a healthy environment to sell their products.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A286.jpg
  • Women buy and sell produce in a market in Kamina, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Constructed by the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), the market provides local residents a healthy environment to sell their products.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A284.jpg
  • Women buy and sell produce in a market in Kamina, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Constructed by the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), the market provides local residents a healthy environment to sell their products.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A283.jpg
  • A woman sells produce and other food from her home in the Chamroen neighborhood of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
    cambodia-2009-jeffrey-urban-041.jpg
  • A woman sorts produce in her home store in the Chamroen neighborhood of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
    cambodia-2009-jeffrey-urban-029.jpg
  • In the market in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia, a woman sells produce with help from a small loan program run by the United Methodist Committee on Relief.
    georgia-2006-jeffrey-29.jpg
  • In the market in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia, a woman sells produce with help from a small loan program run by the United Methodist Committee on Relief.
    georgia-2006-jeffrey-26.jpg
  • A woman carries produce to sell in the market in the Bel-Air neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
    haiti-2009-jeffrey-191.jpg
  • Produce in a market near Thyolo, in southern Malawi.
    malawi-2011-jeffrey-220.jpg
  • Produce in a market near Thyolo, in southern Malawi.
    malawi-2011-jeffrey-219.jpg
  • A woman sells produce in a market in Kamina, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Constructed by the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), the market provides local residents a healthy environment to sell their products.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A281.jpg
  • A girl sells produce in a market in Kamina, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Constructed by the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), the market provides local residents a healthy environment to sell their products.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A276.jpg
  • Boys unload produce for a shop in the Palestinian village of Shuqba, in the West Bank.
    palestine-2006-jeffrey-west-bank-B09...jpg
  • Carrots and other fresh produce being sold in a market in Dedza, Malawi, along the border with Mozambique.
    malawi-2011-jeffrey-241.jpg
  • Fresh produce being sold in a market in Dedza, Malawi, along the border with Mozambique.
    malawi-2011-jeffrey-240.jpg
  • A woman selling produce in the remote Kenyan village of Kopanga, where the town's clinic is operated by the Methodist Church of Kenya and receives support from mission giving of United Methodist Women.
    kenya-2007-jeffrey-kopanga-11.jpg
  • Penny Gushiken (left) leads a cultural orientation class for newly arrived refugees in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During a visit to a supermarket, participants discuss available food items, including fresh produce. The class is sponsored by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • A truck carries produce and people through the mountainous community of Foret-des-Pins, Haiti.
    haiti-2010-jeffrey-A224.jpg
  • A woman selling produce in the remote Kenyan village of Kopanga, where the town's clinic is operated by the Methodist Church of Kenya and receives support from mission giving of United Methodist Women.
    kenya-2007-jeffrey-kopanga-12.jpg
  • Women paddle a boat filled with produce along the Tonle Sap River in Cambodia.
    cambodia-2005-jeffrey-rural-042.jpg
  • Women sell produce in the Tahan Market in Kalay, a town in Myanmar. This market is located in Tahan, the largely ethnic Chin section of the town.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-143.jpg
  • Workers harvest pineapples on a Dole Food Company plantation near Waialua, Hawaii.
    usa-2012-jeffrey-hawaii-trafficking-...jpg
  • Workers harvest pineapples on a Dole Food Company plantation near Waialua, Hawaii.
    usa-2012-jeffrey-hawaii-trafficking-...jpg
  • Workers harvest pineapples on a Dole Food Company plantation near Waialua, Hawaii.
    usa-2012-jeffrey-hawaii-trafficking-...jpg
  • Father Jose Pitchai displays tomatoes grown in the garden at the Catholic Health Training Institute (CHTI) in Wau, South Sudan. Run by Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholic organizations supporting the development of the world's newest country, the CHTI trains nurses and midwives from throughout the country. And it grows some of its own food, a process that Pitchai, a Claretian priest from India, supervises as administrator of the institute.
    south-sudan-2015-jeffrey-wau-cthi-14...jpg
  • Father Jose Pitchai (left) and a colleague display tomatoes grown in the garden at the Catholic Health Training Institute (CHTI) in Wau, South Sudan. Run by Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholic organizations supporting the development of the world's newest country, the CHTI trains nurses and midwives from throughout the country. And it grows some of its own food, a process that Pitchai, a Claretian priest from India, supervises as administrator of the institute.
    south-sudan-2015-jeffrey-wau-cthi-14...jpg
  • A worker displays tomatoes grown in the garden at the Catholic Health Training Institute (CHTI) in Wau, South Sudan. Run by Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholic organizations supporting the development of the world's newest country, the CHTI trains nurses and midwives from throughout the country. And it grows some of its own food.
    south-sudan-2015-jeffrey-wau-cthi-14...jpg
  • A man harvests corn in Mizak, a small village in the south of Haiti.
    haiti-2011-jeffrey-H005.jpg
  • A boy carries papayas in Mizak, a small village in the south of Haiti.
    haiti-2011-jeffrey-H001.jpg
  • A woman selling tomatoes in a market in Dedza, Malawi, along the border with Mozambique.
    malawi-2011-jeffrey-238.jpg
  • A man selling peeled cassava in a market near Thyolo, in southern Malawi.
    malawi-2011-jeffrey-237.jpg
  • A man sells bananas in his small shop in a camp for internally displaced families in Ankawa, near Erbil, Iraq. Residents of the camp, mostly Christians, were displaced from Mosul, Qaraqosh and other communities in Iraq when ISIS swept through the area in 2014.
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  • A man sells onions in his small shop in a camp for internally displaced families in Ankawa, near Erbil, Iraq, on April 8, 2016. Residents of the camp, mostly Christians, were displaced from Mosul, Qaraqosh and other communities in Iraq when ISIS swept through the area in 2014.
    iraq_2016_jeffrey_erbil_408128.jpg
  • A street vender weighs his product in Suihari in northern Bangladesh.
    bangladesh-2017-jeffrey-flooding-C39...JPG
  • A woman cuts mangoes to sell in the Chamroen neighborhood of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
    cambodia-2009-jeffrey-urban-037.jpg
  • A woman cuts mangoes to sell in the Chamroen neighborhood of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
    cambodia-2009-jeffrey-urban-036.jpg
  • A businessman waits for customers at his vegetable store in the Chamroen neighborhood of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
    cambodia-2009-jeffrey-urban-025.jpg
  • A businessman waits for customers at his vegetable store in the Chamroen neighborhood of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
    cambodia-2009-jeffrey-urban-024.jpg
  • A woman puts up an umbrella as it starts to rain in the Tahan Market in Kalay, a town in Myanmar. This market is located in Tahan, the largely ethnic Chin section of the town.
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  • A woman extends an awning as it starts to rain in the Tahan Market in Kalay, a town in Myanmar. This market is located in Tahan, the largely ethnic Chin section of the town.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-569.jpg
  • A woman sells a variety of food items in the Tahan Market in Kalay, a town in Myanmar. This market is located in Tahan, the largely ethnic Chin section of the town.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-222.jpg
  • A woman shopping in the market of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza strip. While Gazans grow much of their own food, repressive restrictions on land use imposed by the Israeli military means some food has to be imported at great cost from Egypt and Israel..
    palestine-2011-jeffrey-gaza-078.jpg
  • 21 September 2016, Coatbridge, Scotland: Indonesian spices formed the basis of reflection during the day's prayers at the World Council of Churches consultation on spirituality, worship and mission - Searching for ecumenical spirituality of the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace. The consultation was convened by the World Council of Chuches, at the Conforti Institute in Coatbridge, Scotland.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160921_AHP_073...jpg
  • Workers harvest pineapples on a Dole Food Company plantation near Waialua, Hawaii.
    usa-2012-jeffrey-hawaii-trafficking-...jpg
  • Father Jose Pitchai displays tomatoes grown in the garden at the Catholic Health Training Institute (CHTI) in Wau, South Sudan. Run by Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholic organizations supporting the development of the world's newest country, the CHTI trains nurses and midwives from throughout the country. And it grows some of its own food, a process that Pitchai, a Claretian priest from India, supervises as administrator of the institute.
    south-sudan-2015-jeffrey-wau-cthi-14...jpg
  • Father Jose Pitchai displays tomatoes grown in the garden at the Catholic Health Training Institute (CHTI) in Wau, South Sudan. Run by Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholic organizations supporting the development of the world's newest country, the CHTI trains nurses and midwives from throughout the country. And it grows some of its own food, a process that Pitchai, a Claretian priest from India, supervises as administrator of the institute.
    south-sudan-2015-jeffrey-wau-cthi-14...jpg
  • A man harvests corn in Mizak, a small village in the south of Haiti.
    haiti-2011-jeffrey-H004.jpg
  • A boy carries papayas in Mizak, a small village in the south of Haiti.
    haiti-2011-jeffrey-H003.jpg
  • A boy carries papayas in Mizak, a small village in the south of Haiti.
    haiti-2011-jeffrey-H002.jpg
  • Tomatoes being sold in the market of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza strip.  While Gazans grow much of their own food, repressive restrictions on land use imposed by the Israeli military means some food has to be imported at great cost from Egypt and Israel....
    palestine-2011-jeffrey-gaza-074.jpg
  • 21 September 2016, Coatbridge, Scotland: Indonesian spices formed the basis of reflection during the day's prayers at the World Council of Churches consultation on spirituality, worship and mission - Searching for ecumenical spirituality of the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace. The consultation was convened by the World Council of Chuches, at the Conforti Institute in Coatbridge, Scotland.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160921_AHP_074...jpg
  • Ing. Carlos Elisalde, coordinator of environmental management, bio-fermentation and plastic recycling.<br />
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'We extract and mix elements here, including garlic, onion, ginger, charcoal, minerals, sometimes small amounts of soil from virgin forest, and plenty of other sources, and with them we produce large volumes of liquid fertilizers charged with nutrients, beneficial micro-organisms, mycorrhizae, and we give these to the producers. And we produce organic insect repellants too. Nearly all of our producers are already 100% organic, and these products are natural, they boost fertility and they subdue and control plant diseases. We've built this lab with Fairtrade premium.'
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  • Workers producing clothing at the Pratibha factory.<br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • Early in the morning, a relative of Khushboo throws straw from a truck onto the roof of the house, to feed the cows with later.<br />
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Khushboo's father is a member of the Fairtrade-certified Vasudha cotton producing coop.<br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170113...jpg
  • Workers producing clothing at the Pratibha factory.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • Workers producing clothing at the Pratibha factory.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • Workers producing clothing at the Pratibha factory.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • Workers producing clothing at the Pratibha factory.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • Workers producing clothing at the Pratibha factory.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • A knitting machine producing seamless tubular fabric.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • Yarns are produced from raw cotton at Pratibha.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • A pair of bullocks pull a cart in a village in Madhya Pradesh that farms Fairtrade cotton. Fairtrade has run several projects in the village to train farmers in organic techniques to improve quality and output of their farming production, in cotton and food production.<br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170113...jpg
  • A worker finishes embroidery by hand at the Pratibha factory.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • A worker in the dyeing plant.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • Workers check the production of cotton yarns on rows of spinning machines.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • The Vasudha Vidya Vihar school was built with Fairtrade premium funds in 2009. Over 600 students attend the school, which offers education up to 11th standard. <br />
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Kirti Sen works in the school kitchen.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170112...jpg
  • At the Vasudha Training and Research Centre Farm in Jamniya,  organic farming techniques are taught to farmers and demonstration plots prove organic techniques.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170112...jpg
  • Workers remove new reels of cotton yarn.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • a worker pushes a trolley of combed cotton reels in the PRatibha factory.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • A worker stands by a dyeing maching in Pratibha.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • Combing machines process raw cotton.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • A worker measures cloth as part of a quality control process in Pratibha.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • Workers check the production of cotton yarns on rows of spinning machines.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • A worker cleans the printing rollers on printing machine in Pratibha.<br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
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  • Workers check the production of cotton yarns on rows of spinning machines.<br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • Workers check the production of cotton yarns on rows of spinning machines.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • Workers finish embroidery by hand at Pratibha.<br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
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  • A sign at Pratibha says 'Your safety mean the safety of your family'. The plant is run on international standards for Health and Safety and satisfies the Fairtrade guidelines and conditions. Another sign says "Photography and Videography Prohibited".<br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • Kailash Patidar, Fairtrade cotton farmer, stands beside his well, made to this size to capture the brief monsoon and then pump it using drip irrigation, a technque supported by Fairtrade projects.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
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  • Children do the Surya Namaskar, the Sun Salutation, during an assembly at the Vasudha Vidya Vihar school. The school was built with Fairtrade premium funds in 2009. Over 600 students attend the school, which offers education up to 11th standard, primarily for Fairtrade cotton farmers. <br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170112...jpg
  • Workers check the production of cotton yarns on rows of spinning machines.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • Workers in the dyeing plant feed cotton fabrics into a dyeing machine.<br />
<br />
Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
    India_Hawkey_Madhya_Pradesh_20170111...jpg
  • Fabrics are held in large warehouses at the Pratibha factory.<br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
<br />
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
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  • Anadyben, 70, a Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer, in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
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RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
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  • A cotton farmer picks a handful of raw cotton in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
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RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_538.jpg
  • Students at a school supported by Fairtrade premium payments in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_408-2.jpg
  • Khimabhai Bharanbhai, a Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer, weeding a cotton field in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_429.jpg
  • Vijajmuni, a hindu who looks after the local temple, and who supports the Fairtrade cotton farmers in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_327-2.jpg
  • Matalben weeding a cotton field in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_076-2.jpg
  • Cotton farmers take a break to drink tea from saucers in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_531.jpg
  • Mamtuben Papybhai Charda, Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170109_259.jpg
  • Women learn to be seamstresses in a three-month course supported by Fairtrade premium in Madhya Pradesh. The women want to set up small business in their villages. <br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
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  • Khimabhai Bharanbhai, a Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer, weeding a cotton field in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_909.jpg
  • Portrait of Khimabhai Bharanbhai, a Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer,  in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_869.jpg
  • Fairtrade cotton farmers meet together in a classroom of a school supported by Fairtrade premium payments in Rapar district, Gujarat, India. Farmers organisation frequently choose to use the premium for education projects for their communities.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.<br />
<br />
RDFC (formerly Agrocel) is a Fairtrade-certified group of thousands of farmers who grow cotton in the Rapar, Kutch region of Gujarat in western India.
    India_Hawkey_Gujarat_20170110_836.jpg
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