Swiss, Aussie Companies To Certify Aboriginal Ingredients Fair Trade

Swiss company Cosmetochem is planning to get two ingredients from Aboriginal crops fair trade certification. The ingredients, Kakadu plum and desert raisin (bush tomato), are used in the beauty brand Outback Spirit Botanicals. Cosmetochem’s Dr. Jane Tiedtke told Cosmetics Design that if they gain fair trade certification for these two ingredients, they could pursue the [...]

International News March 1-8

Ex-Malawian President Arrested For Fraud Ex-Malawian President Bakili Muluzi was arrested for allegedly stealing $11 million in donor money, BBC News reports. The 66-year-old former leader turned himself in to the Anti-Corruption Bureau in Blantyre. Muluzi, who denies everything, was to stand in a presidential election in May. Muluzi’s assistant was also arrested. Both the [...]

The Promise of Emu

The mystical group of emu products dates back to the aborigines, the native Australian counterparts to America’s Native American group. The difference between the two native groups is the climate both were forced to survive in. While the Native Americans were privy to areas with four seasons, most aborigines were forced to make due with [...]