Changing the world one banana at a time

New Zealand's trading relationship with Samoa is long established but embarrassingly one-sided. Back in the 1950's, bananas accounted for a fifth of the money Samoan villages earned from export, and 62.5% of Western Samoa's exports to New Zealand (*Source: 'The Banana Industry in Western Samoa', R. Gerard Ward, University of Auckland).

This however, changed dramatically. With increased demand and more accessible shipping, NZ importers started looking further afield to cheaper producers in South America and the Philippines.

New Zealand's only locally owned banana company All Good Organics have, in a small way, started to readdress this imbalance by re- introducing New Zealanders to ethically sourced organic dried bananas from Samoa.

Partnering with Oxfam and Samoa's Women in Business Development Incorporated (WIBDI) a not-for-profit organisation working with over 250 small-scale farmers growing organically certified Misiluki bananas in Apia, All Good are now offering dried bananas organically grown on small family farms in Samoa.

www.allgoodorganics.co.nz

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• All Good Organics
• Oxfam New Zealand
• WIBDI
• Women In Business
• Samoa