BBC - h2g2 - The Fairtrade Mark (#)
„- Mateo Rendon of FESACORA1 UCIRI (the Union of Indigenous Communities of the Isthmus Region), located in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, was the first group of farmers in Mexico to export coffee through the fair trade model. Since the introduction of fair trade practices, the incomes of their over 2000 member families have doubled. This stability has also enabled UCIRI to establish the region's first public bus line, build the only secondary school in the area and build a community health clinic. - IFAT website These are just a few reasons why fair trade is such a challenging, revolutionary and important idea, and why people must be encouraged to buy fairly-traded produce and join the campaign for fairness in international trade, putting people before profits.“
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„UCIRI (the Union of Indigenous Communities of the Isthmus Region), located in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, was the first group of farmers to export coffee through the fair trade model. Since the introduction of fair trade practices, the incomes of their over 2,000 member families have doubled. This stability has also enabled UCIRI to establish the region’s first public bus line, build the only secondary school in the area and build a community health clinic.“
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„Coffee was first planted in Mexico in the late 1700s. Mexican coffee is generally uncomplicated and is used as a base for blending. The coffee is typically light bodied and nutty, but can have a heavier body, brighter acidity, and overtones of chocolate. The most popular cultivars cultivated are Bourbon, Mundo Novo, Caturra, and Maragogype. “
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Tea & Coffee 10/03 - Certified Sustainable Coffee
„All three certification programs vouch for the conditions and practices at La Trinidad, a far-flung cooperative in the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. Sustainable Harvest imports La Trinidad’s “triple certified” coffee which is snapped up by buyers such as Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and Caribou Coffee Company. Coffee Enterprises, a company known for its progressive practices and support of such programs as Coffee Kids, squeezes the essence of some La Trinidad coffee for use in specialized flavorings. The new Ben & Jerry’s “Coffee for a Change” ice cream is flavored with La Trinidad’s best beans.“
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BBC News | AMERICAS | Coffee producers move to boost prices
„Tuesday, 19 June, 2001, 02:25 GMT 03:25 UK Coffee producers move to boost prices Coffee producers from Colombia, Mexico and central America have decided to start destroying more than a million bags of low-grade coffee in a bid to boost quality and raise ailing prices. In a meeting in the Costa Rican capital, San Jose, the coffee-producing countries agreed to begin implementing the plan in October. The Secretary- General of the 28-member Association of Coffee- Producing Countries, Roberio Silva, said he hoped the voluntary programme could eventually be adopted by all members of the group, in order to have an even bigger impact. Coffee prices have fallen considerably in the past two years.“
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1395000/ 1395305.stm
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Global Exchange : News Updates
„Mexican farmers must cope with coffee glut -- In Mexico, more and more coffee farmers are abandoning their crops because wholesale prices set largely by multinational companies are at historic lows.In the past three years, Dominguez Rodriguez and his fellow farmers have made no profit from their coffee. It sells for half of his production costs.“
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/ update.html
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