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Our Business Partners
BUSINESS PARTNERS
Canaan Fair Trade could not have accomplished all we have since 2004 without the support of like-minded fair trade companies and initiatives from around the world. The following companies and organizations have continuous business relationships with Canaan and represent long term fair trade business partners.
USA
Dr. Bronner's is Canaan’s largest buyer world-wide. Dr.Bronner's Magic Soaps are the finest natural soap produced in America. Starting in 2006 they began sourcing fair trade and organic for all of their soaps. Canaan supplies 95% of their olive oil needs. Aside from sourcing significant amounts of olive oil from Palestinian fair trade farmers, Dr.Bronner's is invested in Canaan and the lives of Palestinian farmers beyond mere purchases. They provide significant advance payments during harvest. In 2006, Dr.Bronner's supported Canaan and PFTA’s initial organic training, provided technical consultations on certification, and they paid for external audit certification costs for the first 3 years. In 2009, they supported Canaan in a joint application for support from the Dutch Government to achieve ISO22000 certification and are fully involved in its implementation phases at Canaan with on-going technical support. They are an advocate for Canaan and Palestinian farmers in the marketplace and continue to extend enormous support to Canaan’s market outreach.
Canaan-USA is a sister company of Canaan-Palestine. Staffed by group of dedicated professionals with extensive experience and committed to servicing Palestinian farmers, they sell to community organizations, food coops, and gourmet and specialty stores in the US. The company distributes Canaan branded product in the USA. Canaan-USA has distribution warehouses in Bingen, Washington and Monroe, New Jersey. Canaan-USA sells Canaan product by the case from their retail web shop, wholesale to stores and coops, and has an interfaith program for sales through community organizations. Canaan-USA also helps build Canaan’s community in the US, and sponsors tours to Palestine, olive tree planting through the Trees for Life program, tractor conversion through the Green Track Palestine program, and contributes directly to the Canaan Scholarship Fund sending Palestinian farmers' children to college.
Our friends at Alter Eco America , the California-based company, source Canaan’s Rumi and Nabili olive oils for their fine brand of olive oil, fair trade/organic certified, and carbon neutral certified. Under the labels Robust Olive Oil and Mild Olive Oil, the Alter Eco brand of Canaan’s olive oil is distributed nationwide in the US by UNFI and sold at Whole Foods Markets across the country.
Higher Ground Coffee of Traverse City, Michigan is member of the Coffee Roasters Cooperative, a union of 100% Fair Trade coffee roasters. Our joint commitment to fair trade and quality brought us together to offer the fair trade coffee roasters a high quality brand of olive oil under the Higher Ground label from Canaan, a 100% fair trade source in Palestine. All Higher Ground olive oil is bottled at Canaan in Palestine with 100% fair trade guarantee in the value chain and meticulous attention to quality.
Our partnership with Global Exchange started through their visits and tours in Palestine, and they have been sourcing Canaan olive oil and Palestinian foods through our sister company in the US. Now their involvement with the product has reached a level to warrant their direct partnership with Palestine. Our farmers enjoy the regular Global Exchange visits in their eye-opening tours of the region. Fair trade is all exchange and we find a natural friendship in our partnership with Global Exchange.
For those who are dedicated to the health of the body and mind, Canaan’s olive oil is a natural choice: a healthy product, high in antioxidants, and with a great producer story. That is why Canaan has produced olive oil for nutritionist and author Dina Khader under her own brand beginning shortly after our launch in 2005.
CANADA
Zatoun in Canada was among our first partnerships with purchases from the year Canaan began in 2004. Zatoun has been sourcing olive oil, Za'atar, and soap from Canaan under their excellent Zatoun brand since 2005. Zatoun brand sells in all Ten Thousand Villages stores in Canada, and with community organizations, and specialty across Canada. Zatoun has been committed to Palestinian farmers beyond purchasing their olive oil, with information campaigns, support for the Trees for Life project at PFTA, and other development projects in Palestine.
UK
Zaytoun is dedicated to sourcing products from Palestine has partnered with Canaan since 2005. Zaytoun depends on Canaan as their main Palestinian supplier supporting the wide networks of farmers and women's cooperatives our company is servicing. Zaytoun offers 100% Palestine product to the UK market under their own Brand. Products sourced and filled by Canaan are offered through Tradecraft, Oxfam-Ireland, Whole Foods Market, and a wide distribution of community based groups and stores. Zaytoun has a long term commitment to Palestinian farmers and thus finds a natural partnership with Canaan.
Equal Exchange, the most recognized fair trade brand, relies on Canaan to source and bottle their fine offering of high quality varietal (Rumi and Nabali) olive oils as well as conventional and organic olive oils. The Equal Exchange brand sells at all 1000 of The Cooperative stores across the UK, and at Sainsbury Stores, in addition to fine food and specialty stores throughout the UK.
Europal
Europal is a UK based company that seeks to bring Palestinian products to the Muslim communities in the UK. They source olive oil from Canaan under their own label.
Visionary Soap has a commitment to social impact through their manufacturing and sourcing of raw material. The UK fair trade soap company makes their soaps through women's cooperatives in South Africa and sources their fair trade olive oil from Palestine through Canaan. The quality of their soaps, lip balms, bath oil and body butters matches the high standards of their ethics.
Scandinavia
Sweden:
Biofood, the Stockholm based organic foods distributor has partnered with Canaan to be the importer and distributer of all Canaan brand products throughout Sweden. The company is highly regarded in the Swedish market and they are excited to offer quality Canaan products to the networks of fine shops they cater to across the country.
Denmark:
BKI Foods, an organic distributer, has been sourcing Canaan olive oil for the Danish market since 2008. BKI is committed to high quality product and are excited to have Canaan quality with a great producers story to offer to their market. BKI distributes Canaan premier brands Rumi and Nabali varietal olive oils at Coop-Denmark stores thoughout the country.
Finland:
Ekolo Fine Foods and Organic distributer carries the Canaan range of products under the Canaan brand. They market to fine food and specialty stores in Finland. The group is committed to the highest standards of service and quality products.
Europe
France:
AlterEco: AlterEco’s commitment to quality, marginalized communities, and the environment make a natural partnership with Canaan. This premier French fair trade company has been sourcing Canaan’s olive oil to fill under their own brand since 2008. More product will be available in France through AlterEco in the near future.
Germany:
DWP: This German 100% Fair Trade, Ntuland Fair certified company, committed to social impact (locally and abroad) and to the environment finds a natural partnership in Canaan. Canaan and DWP co-brand a number of products: olive oil, olives, candy almonds, za'atar, soaps, sun-dried tomatoes and more and sell to the German market.
Holland:
Oraibi originated at Rio De Bio organic store in Utricht, NL. Their excitement about Canaan and its products led them to set-up an entire import and distribution operation and now they offer the full range of Canaan products to the Dutch market. Through Oraibi you can find Canaan products at One World Shops, organic coops, and specialty stores throughout Holland.
Austria:
Enie Welt offers products that touch peoples' lives in a meaningful way. They have been partners with Canaan since 2006. You can find Canaan’s olive oil under their brand in the Austrian market and in their own stores.
Italy:
Commercio Alternativo, the Italian fair trade company, has been sourcing Canaan’s Maftoul (Couscous), and Za'atar since 2008.
Switzerland :
Pakka AG : Pakka AG is a Swiss based 100% fair trade company promoting food products from traditional origin and of excellent organic quality. Trade focus lies on nuts, kernels and cocoa.
Pakka seeks to set high standards for North-South business partnerships anchored on mutual respect, cultural sensitivity and global economic fairness, and constantly strives to reduce the size of the ‘environmental footprint’ of the goods and services it deals with.
Pakka offers Canaan fairtrade and organic almonds within the European Market and is exclusive distributor in Switzerland of Canaan branded fairtrade and organic Nabali Tree and Rumi Tree olive oil.
Southeast Asia
South Korea:
iCOOP: Organic and Natural foods coop across South Korea is the first to offer national listing of the Canaan brand of Fair Trade olive oil in Southeast Asia starting in 2010.
Hong Kong:
FairTaste: Starting in 2010 this 100% fair trade group, run by fair trade committed women, is taking the Canaan brand of olive oil to specialty stores and restaurants in the Hong Kong region.
Japan:
Wakachiai Project. This Japanese fair trade project sources the Canaan brand of fair trade olive oil for their fair trade community in Japan.