Location: West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Industry: Coffee, Food and Beverage
Number of employees: 125
Became employee owned: 1986
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- Next City – Worker Cooperatives Are Finding Investors Who Share Their Values (2018)
- Forbes – How A Fair-Trade Company Faced Down An Ethical Dilemma (2018)
- Kennelly – Worker Cooperatives in the United States Redux (2016)
- Fireside and North – How Equal Exchange Aligns Our Capital with Our Mission (2015)
- Boston Globe – Fair trade coffee roaster wraps up $4 million stock sale (2015)
- Lillich – Conversations with Equal Exchange’s Worker–Owners (2014)
- Yes – Equal Exchange Fair Trade Learning Tools (2013)
- Shipper et al – Collaboration that goes beyond co-op-eration: It’s not just ‘‘if’’ but ‘‘how’’ sharing occurs that makes the difference (2013)
- Harris, Shipper, Manz, and Manz – Equal Exchange Doing Well by Doing Good (2012)
- New York Times – A Question of Fairness (2011)
- New York Times – The Case for Worker Co-ops (2009)
- CFNE – From Borrower to Investor: Equal Exchange (2008)
- Democracy Collaborative – Interview with Rodney North (2008)
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