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How Plastic Bottles From Haiti End Up In Your Boots: Timberland X Thread on Open Sourcemap

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Thread International weaves fabric from plastic bottles collected in Haiti and Honduras - providing income opportunities to nearly four thousand people and diverting two hundred tons of plastic from waste streams. This Spring Timberland is launching two footwear products built using Thread post-consumer recycled fabric.

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Latest Track Shows Hurricane Matthew Threatening East Coast Supply Chains

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The strongest storm to hit Haiti in half a century is making its way to the U.S., and while landfall is not expected for another 24 hours, supply chains are likely to feel the impact of the weather catastrophe soon.

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Hurricane Matthew: What You Need to Know

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The Flooding, high winds, and serious rainfall have killed over 280 people in Haiti, and one in Florida. While many retailers stocked up on important supplies ahead of time, Haiti is facing extreme shortages of emergency goods, and some regions in the US are facing shortages of water and propane. Retail Updates.

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Profiles in Leadership: Chef José Andrés

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Furdyk says it all began with a phone call: “ As Andrés told Fast Company, Manolo Vílchez, head of a Spain-based solar-powered-stove company, was planning a humanitarian trip to Haiti to distribute solar-powered cooking equipment to citizens in the aftermath of an earthquake, and invited Andrés to join him.

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World Food Day 2023

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With households in emerging economies spending an average of 25% of their budgets on food — up to 40% in sub-Saharan Africa and 60% in Haiti — rising inflation is placing families in a desperate situation and perpetuating the cycle of generational poverty, especially the cycle of rural poverty.”

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Blue Yonder Associate Embarks on Medical Mission in the Dominican Republic

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The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti and it is a popular tourist destination known for its white-sand beaches, pristine blue water, picturesque mountains, and dazzling waterfalls. However, that cadence changed last month when I went with my family on a week-long medical mission to the Dominican Republic.

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Q: Food vs Fuel? A: Wrong question…We need more efficient markets!

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Haiti grew all of its own rice, until the World Bank told them to take the tariff off – and once they removed the tariff – they could buy it cheaper from the US and Vietnam than they could grow it in the country. The problem became poverty was increased in Haiti, because they lost the income they had enjoyed from growing rice.