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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirsteen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shared Interest has worked with German Buyer organisation DWP since 2000. DWP were founded in 1988, and started life in a basement. Since then they have gone on to occupy the rest of their building and perhaps more importantly, to establish cooperative trade relations with more than 50 producer groups in 30 countries.
DWP currently markets [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Shared Interest has worked with German Buyer organisation DWP since 2000. DWP were founded in 1988, and started life in a basement. Since then they have gone on to occupy the rest of their building and perhaps more importantly, to establish cooperative trade relations with more than 50 producer groups in 30 countries.</p>
<p>DWP currently markets around 1,200 products. These include Kenyan carvings, textiles made of organic cotton, coffee and fine chocolate. Their main focus however is mango, every year, 600 tonnes of fresh fruit are processed and imported in the form of dried fruit and puree.</p>
<p>More recently, DWP have been working closely with promoters of organic agriculture, Naturland, with the aim of producing a quality range of organic and fair trade products. Currently this range includes coffee, tea, spices, chocolate, and honey as well as ingredients for their exclusive Asian cuisine.</p>
<p>In addition to commodities, DWP also see the importance of providing a market for fair trade handicrafts and so are continuously looking at new products from fair trade producers.</p>
<p>If you are interested to find out more about DWP, why not have a look at their website <a title="DWP" href="http://www.dwp-rv.de" target="_blank">www.dwp-rv.de</a>
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		<title>Staff profile – Credit and Services Manager</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was working for accounting software firm Sage, when I became disillusioned with the drive of the pound sign within the corporate arena.  This lead to an impulse trip to India and a change in my overall perspective on what was important in life.
Unfortunately on my return, I needed a job, and quick.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Shared Interest has worked with German Buyer organisation DWP since 2000. DWP were founded in 1988, and started life in a basement. Since then they have gone on to occupy the rest of their building and perhaps more importantly, to establish cooperative trade relations with more than 50 producer groups in 30 countries.</p>
<p>DWP currently markets around 1,200 products. These include Kenyan carvings, textiles made of organic cotton, coffee and fine chocolate. Their main focus however is mango, every year, 600 tonnes of fresh fruit are processed and imported in the form of dried fruit and puree.</p>
<p>More recently, DWP have been working closely with promoters of organic agriculture, Naturland, with the aim of producing a quality range of organic and fair trade products. Currently this range includes coffee, tea, spices, chocolate, and honey as well as ingredients for their exclusive Asian cuisine.</p>
<p>In addition to commodities, DWP also see the importance of providing a market for fair trade handicrafts and so are continuously looking at new products from fair trade producers.</p>
<p>If you are interested to find out more about DWP, why not have a look at their website <a title="DWP" href="http://www.dwp-rv.de" target="_blank">www.dwp-rv.de</a>
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		<title>Helping people in the Nairobi slums</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The video below shows the startling truth about how an investment can go a long way in improving livelihoods in the slums of Nairobi.  If you would like to watch the video in a larger size and High Definition (takes more time to load) please click here.


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Shared Interest supports [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Shared Interest has worked with German Buyer organisation DWP since 2000. DWP were founded in 1988, and started life in a basement. Since then they have gone on to occupy the rest of their building and perhaps more importantly, to establish cooperative trade relations with more than 50 producer groups in 30 countries.</p>
<p>DWP currently markets around 1,200 products. These include Kenyan carvings, textiles made of organic cotton, coffee and fine chocolate. Their main focus however is mango, every year, 600 tonnes of fresh fruit are processed and imported in the form of dried fruit and puree.</p>
<p>More recently, DWP have been working closely with promoters of organic agriculture, Naturland, with the aim of producing a quality range of organic and fair trade products. Currently this range includes coffee, tea, spices, chocolate, and honey as well as ingredients for their exclusive Asian cuisine.</p>
<p>In addition to commodities, DWP also see the importance of providing a market for fair trade handicrafts and so are continuously looking at new products from fair trade producers.</p>
<p>If you are interested to find out more about DWP, why not have a look at their website <a title="DWP" href="http://www.dwp-rv.de" target="_blank">www.dwp-rv.de</a>
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		<title>It’s been a hard day’s night…</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;. while I’ve been working on these blogs!
Phew!  I can’t quite believe that Fairtrade Fortnight is over; it’s been a mad frenzy of swaps and blogs, not to mention vlogs!  That being said I have thoroughly enjoyed myself, I hope you have enjoyed following me and making comments.
When I began this challenge I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Shared Interest has worked with German Buyer organisation DWP since 2000. DWP were founded in 1988, and started life in a basement. Since then they have gone on to occupy the rest of their building and perhaps more importantly, to establish cooperative trade relations with more than 50 producer groups in 30 countries.</p>
<p>DWP currently markets around 1,200 products. These include Kenyan carvings, textiles made of organic cotton, coffee and fine chocolate. Their main focus however is mango, every year, 600 tonnes of fresh fruit are processed and imported in the form of dried fruit and puree.</p>
<p>More recently, DWP have been working closely with promoters of organic agriculture, Naturland, with the aim of producing a quality range of organic and fair trade products. Currently this range includes coffee, tea, spices, chocolate, and honey as well as ingredients for their exclusive Asian cuisine.</p>
<p>In addition to commodities, DWP also see the importance of providing a market for fair trade handicrafts and so are continuously looking at new products from fair trade producers.</p>
<p>If you are interested to find out more about DWP, why not have a look at their website <a title="DWP" href="http://www.dwp-rv.de" target="_blank">www.dwp-rv.de</a>
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		<title>A relaxing end to Fairtrade Fortnight</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After all this intensive swapping, I think I deserve to celebrate the end the Fairtrade Fortnight with a nice relaxing soak in the bath, I might even treat myself to a glass of the Fairtrade wine I told you about earlier in the week!
For my final blog post I am going to try out a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Shared Interest has worked with German Buyer organisation DWP since 2000. DWP were founded in 1988, and started life in a basement. Since then they have gone on to occupy the rest of their building and perhaps more importantly, to establish cooperative trade relations with more than 50 producer groups in 30 countries.</p>
<p>DWP currently markets around 1,200 products. These include Kenyan carvings, textiles made of organic cotton, coffee and fine chocolate. Their main focus however is mango, every year, 600 tonnes of fresh fruit are processed and imported in the form of dried fruit and puree.</p>
<p>More recently, DWP have been working closely with promoters of organic agriculture, Naturland, with the aim of producing a quality range of organic and fair trade products. Currently this range includes coffee, tea, spices, chocolate, and honey as well as ingredients for their exclusive Asian cuisine.</p>
<p>In addition to commodities, DWP also see the importance of providing a market for fair trade handicrafts and so are continuously looking at new products from fair trade producers.</p>
<p>If you are interested to find out more about DWP, why not have a look at their website <a title="DWP" href="http://www.dwp-rv.de" target="_blank">www.dwp-rv.de</a>
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<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://blog.shared-interest.com/?p=928">Customer Spotlight &#8211; Cepicafe Peru</a></li>
<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://blog.shared-interest.com/?p=766">Spotlight on Fairtrade Businesses &#8211; </a></li>
<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://blog.shared-interest.com/?p=753">Spotlight on Fairtrade Businesses &#8211; five ACCESSORIES</a></li>
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	<a href="http://www.shared-interest.com/member.php?utm_source=Shared%2BInterest%20Blog%20Footer&#038;utm_medium=blog&#038;utm_campaign=sharedinterestblogfooter"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/2909253327_78b8f9c31e_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Mexican coffee farmer at work in the fields" border="0" /></a>
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		<title>FAIR Vodka… the secret to responsible drinking</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharedInterestBlog/~3/k_mFjmMzl6E/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Potatoes have already featured in my Big Swap Blog, surprisingly though; you won’t find any in today’s post.
The appropriately named company, FAIR Vodka, have replaced the humble spud in their Fairtrade vodka with the less obvious ingredient, quinoa. This is great news, especially as it means I can enjoy drinking responsibly in more ways than [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Shared Interest has worked with German Buyer organisation DWP since 2000. DWP were founded in 1988, and started life in a basement. Since then they have gone on to occupy the rest of their building and perhaps more importantly, to establish cooperative trade relations with more than 50 producer groups in 30 countries.</p>
<p>DWP currently markets around 1,200 products. These include Kenyan carvings, textiles made of organic cotton, coffee and fine chocolate. Their main focus however is mango, every year, 600 tonnes of fresh fruit are processed and imported in the form of dried fruit and puree.</p>
<p>More recently, DWP have been working closely with promoters of organic agriculture, Naturland, with the aim of producing a quality range of organic and fair trade products. Currently this range includes coffee, tea, spices, chocolate, and honey as well as ingredients for their exclusive Asian cuisine.</p>
<p>In addition to commodities, DWP also see the importance of providing a market for fair trade handicrafts and so are continuously looking at new products from fair trade producers.</p>
<p>If you are interested to find out more about DWP, why not have a look at their website <a title="DWP" href="http://www.dwp-rv.de" target="_blank">www.dwp-rv.de</a>
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<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://blog.shared-interest.com/?p=928">Customer Spotlight &#8211; Cepicafe Peru</a></li>
<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://blog.shared-interest.com/?p=766">Spotlight on Fairtrade Businesses &#8211; </a></li>
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		<title>Life’s Not Fair…But My Pyjamas Are Now!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would live in my pyjamas if I could.  Although the nights are supposedly getting lighter I’m still enjoying early nights in bed with a good book or a night on the sofa in front of the telly, perfect pyjama wearing conditions.
I have already flagged up fair trade cotton in my previous blogs, but [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Shared Interest has worked with German Buyer organisation DWP since 2000. DWP were founded in 1988, and started life in a basement. Since then they have gone on to occupy the rest of their building and perhaps more importantly, to establish cooperative trade relations with more than 50 producer groups in 30 countries.</p>
<p>DWP currently markets around 1,200 products. These include Kenyan carvings, textiles made of organic cotton, coffee and fine chocolate. Their main focus however is mango, every year, 600 tonnes of fresh fruit are processed and imported in the form of dried fruit and puree.</p>
<p>More recently, DWP have been working closely with promoters of organic agriculture, Naturland, with the aim of producing a quality range of organic and fair trade products. Currently this range includes coffee, tea, spices, chocolate, and honey as well as ingredients for their exclusive Asian cuisine.</p>
<p>In addition to commodities, DWP also see the importance of providing a market for fair trade handicrafts and so are continuously looking at new products from fair trade producers.</p>
<p>If you are interested to find out more about DWP, why not have a look at their website <a title="DWP" href="http://www.dwp-rv.de" target="_blank">www.dwp-rv.de</a>
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<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://blog.shared-interest.com/?p=766">Spotlight on Fairtrade Businesses &#8211; </a></li>
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		<title>To Swap or not to Swap?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since tea is the main theme of Fairtrade Fortnight 2010 it had to form part of my Big Swap Blog.
This however, left me with an immediate problem.  I already use Fairtrade tea bags and herbal teas are mostly organic rather than Fairtrade. I was faced with the ultimate question, to swap or not to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Shared Interest has worked with German Buyer organisation DWP since 2000. DWP were founded in 1988, and started life in a basement. Since then they have gone on to occupy the rest of their building and perhaps more importantly, to establish cooperative trade relations with more than 50 producer groups in 30 countries.</p>
<p>DWP currently markets around 1,200 products. These include Kenyan carvings, textiles made of organic cotton, coffee and fine chocolate. Their main focus however is mango, every year, 600 tonnes of fresh fruit are processed and imported in the form of dried fruit and puree.</p>
<p>More recently, DWP have been working closely with promoters of organic agriculture, Naturland, with the aim of producing a quality range of organic and fair trade products. Currently this range includes coffee, tea, spices, chocolate, and honey as well as ingredients for their exclusive Asian cuisine.</p>
<p>In addition to commodities, DWP also see the importance of providing a market for fair trade handicrafts and so are continuously looking at new products from fair trade producers.</p>
<p>If you are interested to find out more about DWP, why not have a look at their website <a title="DWP" href="http://www.dwp-rv.de" target="_blank">www.dwp-rv.de</a>
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<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://blog.shared-interest.com/?p=928">Customer Spotlight &#8211; Cepicafe Peru</a></li>
<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://blog.shared-interest.com/?p=766">Spotlight on Fairtrade Businesses &#8211; </a></li>
<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://blog.shared-interest.com/?p=753">Spotlight on Fairtrade Businesses &#8211; five ACCESSORIES</a></li>
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		<title>My Mint Swap For Fairtrade</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.shared-interest.com/?p=1207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Supporter Relations Officer for the South East I spend a lot of time on the road, travelling to events promoting Shared Interest and fair trade. While I wish I could pretend that my life is akin to Jack Kerouac’s travels, in reality my car journeys are much more inane. Having said this I do [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Shared Interest has worked with German Buyer organisation DWP since 2000. DWP were founded in 1988, and started life in a basement. Since then they have gone on to occupy the rest of their building and perhaps more importantly, to establish cooperative trade relations with more than 50 producer groups in 30 countries.</p>
<p>DWP currently markets around 1,200 products. These include Kenyan carvings, textiles made of organic cotton, coffee and fine chocolate. Their main focus however is mango, every year, 600 tonnes of fresh fruit are processed and imported in the form of dried fruit and puree.</p>
<p>More recently, DWP have been working closely with promoters of organic agriculture, Naturland, with the aim of producing a quality range of organic and fair trade products. Currently this range includes coffee, tea, spices, chocolate, and honey as well as ingredients for their exclusive Asian cuisine.</p>
<p>In addition to commodities, DWP also see the importance of providing a market for fair trade handicrafts and so are continuously looking at new products from fair trade producers.</p>
<p>If you are interested to find out more about DWP, why not have a look at their website <a title="DWP" href="http://www.dwp-rv.de" target="_blank">www.dwp-rv.de</a>
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<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://blog.shared-interest.com/?p=928">Customer Spotlight &#8211; Cepicafe Peru</a></li>
<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://blog.shared-interest.com/?p=766">Spotlight on Fairtrade Businesses &#8211; </a></li>
<li class="apf_footer"><a href="http://blog.shared-interest.com/?p=753">Spotlight on Fairtrade Businesses &#8211; five ACCESSORIES</a></li>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ll have seen that Emma Watson of Harry Potter fame has teamed up with ethical fashion brand, People Tree. The collection aimed at the under 25 demographic hopes to raise awareness of fair trade whilst simultaneously showcasing how far ethical fashion has progressed since the early days of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.shared-interest.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fcustomer-focus-dwp%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Shared Interest has worked with German Buyer organisation DWP since 2000. DWP were founded in 1988, and started life in a basement. Since then they have gone on to occupy the rest of their building and perhaps more importantly, to establish cooperative trade relations with more than 50 producer groups in 30 countries.</p>
<p>DWP currently markets around 1,200 products. These include Kenyan carvings, textiles made of organic cotton, coffee and fine chocolate. Their main focus however is mango, every year, 600 tonnes of fresh fruit are processed and imported in the form of dried fruit and puree.</p>
<p>More recently, DWP have been working closely with promoters of organic agriculture, Naturland, with the aim of producing a quality range of organic and fair trade products. Currently this range includes coffee, tea, spices, chocolate, and honey as well as ingredients for their exclusive Asian cuisine.</p>
<p>In addition to commodities, DWP also see the importance of providing a market for fair trade handicrafts and so are continuously looking at new products from fair trade producers.</p>
<p>If you are interested to find out more about DWP, why not have a look at their website <a title="DWP" href="http://www.dwp-rv.de" target="_blank">www.dwp-rv.de</a>
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