BBC - Jersey - Living Here (#)

  „The Jersey Christian Aid group are the main organisation behind the scheme to make Jersey a Fairtrade Island. They are keen to point out that small scale farmers in poorer regions of the world are forced to sell their produce to middle men for less than it is worth because they cannot afford to transport it or sell it to big companies directly. The Fairtrade initiative hopes to send the money directly to the farmers and put an end to the unfair treatment.“

http://www.bbc.co.uk/jersey/content/articles/2004/10/.../ fairtrade_jersey_org.shtml - Cached

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Fairtrade | News | Press Release

  „It was set up in the early 1990s by agencies including Cafod, Christian Aid, Oxfam, Traidcraft Exchange and the World Development Movement to respond to the human consequences of collapsing world commodity prices. The first FAIRTRADE Mark product, Green and Black’s Maya Gold Chocolate, appeared on supermarket shelves in 1994; Cafédirect Coffee and Clipper Tea followed soon after.“

http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/pr100503.htm - Cached

Fairtrade | News | Press Release

  „The report on the BBC TV 10 O’Clock News tonight was highlighting the plight of coffee workers dependent on the vagaries of the conventional world coffee market. It also showed the positive impact that sales to the UK Fairtrade market can make to farmers.“

http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/pr120203.htm - Cached

BBC - h2g2 - The Fairtrade Mark

  „It challenges the conventional model of international trade, offering a progressive alternative for a sustainable future.In the global free market, producers are too often exploited by those companies controlling world markets. Receiving a fairer price means they can have some of the many things consumers in the developed world take for granted, such as education for their children, an unpolluted environment, decent working conditions, a stable income and affordable health care, raising the standard of living for all the community.What's different about working with Equal Exchange is that we send our coffee directly to them without intermediaries. The extra money our cooperatives receive makes a difference in medicines and nurseries to care for our children. - Mateo Rendon of FESACORA1UCIRI (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.“

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BBC - h2g2 - A Guide to the Menu at Starbucks

  „Give up on all espresso drinks and order the Coffee Of the Day. This is whatever coffee they are brewing the regular Christian way for that day. If you want to sound really cool, order a 'COD'.“

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Fairtrade | Fairtrade Foundation | About us

  „The Fairtrade Foundation was established in 1992 by CAFOD , Christian Aid , New Consumer, Oxfam , Traidcraft and the World Development Movement . These founding organisations were later joined by Britain's largest women's organisation, the Women's Institute .“

http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/about_us.htm - Cached

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