Veja are considered by many to be the Green sneakers.
Veja works directly with Brazilian small producers, who are organized into cooperatives, of organic cotton and natural latex from the Amazon.
The Veja project created a supply chain that respects both humans and the environment.

Organic Hopes for 2007

5:06 - February 08 th 2007 /// Posted By /// Tags : agro-ecology, brazil, northeast, organic cotton, pesticides, producers

Pedro Jorge, mediator between the Northeastern and the Southern producers of organic cotton

To start 2007 on a good basis, Veja organized a 2-day seminar during which organic cotton producers from the two different regions of Brazil we are working with, met.

Ph D. Pedro Jorge Lima, the first Brazilian agronomist to introduce organic …

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Make the difference

10:33 - August 07 th 2008 /// Posted By /// Tags : agro-ecology, brazil, fair trade, organic cotton, producers

Agroecological coton in Taua - Céara

In an article called “Agroecological cotton and fair trade make the difference”, Pedro Jorge, the agricultural engineer Veja works with in Brazil, takes stock of the evolution of organic cotton farming and fair trade in the Céara region, NorthEast of Brazil.

He notably reconsiders fair …

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