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Entry #22:  Direct Trade & Creative “Vertical Integration”

7/27/2012

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Meet Filoberto Salazár:  Sixty-year-old Sr. Salazár has been a coffee farmer all of his life. In  the spring of 2012, he became a co-owner of a coffee house in Antigua, Guatemala called “Whiskey ADentro” or the “Whisky Den.” 
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Entry #21: As Green as it Gets - and My Introduction to Direct Trade 

7/10/2012

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Entry #21:  As Green as it Gets - and My Introduction to Direct Trade 

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Earlier this year, Stephen Kelly, a Boston College law student contacted me to discuss a mutual interest: helping small entrepreneurs in developing countries throughout Latin America. My background is in Fair Trade and microfinance. Before law school Stephen volunteered with As Green As It Gets (AGAIG), a non-profit organization operating from San Miguel Escobar, Guatemala that focuses on “direct trade.”


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    Paulette L. Stenzel

     I am Professor Emerita of International Business Law and Sustainability at Michigan State University (MSU). I continue  to teach part time at MSU and  coordinate the Broad College Ethical Leadership program Additionally, I advise Spartan Global Development Fund, a student-driven microfinance organization, and serve on its non-profit 501(c)(3) Board of Directors.  . 

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    I am also  a mom,  learner, writer,  violinist, environmentalist -in -process, traveler, and avid reader.  
      
    ​Through research, service, and public speaking, I share information and perspectives  on teaching, ethical leadership, and the pursuit of more sustainable ways of living and doing business. 


    Photo above:  Francisco Vinega, Jade Artist,  Guatemala, with Paulette Stenzel.  
    Contact me at [email protected].

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