BBC NEWS | Business | Co-op moves to fair trade coffee (#)
„But it said it would offer its new fair trade instant and ground coffee products at competitive prices to encourage people to use them.“
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Fairtrade | News | Press Release
„The Fairtrade Foundation welcomes the Co-op's recent ground breaking conversion of its entire coffee stock, both instant and ground, to Fairtrade - the first time that a supermarket has ever taken this step. Many struggling smallholder organisations will immediately feel the benefit.“
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„"We are very pleased because the auction has surpassed all our expectations," said Roberto Bendana of Nicaragua's Specialty Coffee Association. "In spite of the price crisis, this success should inject some enthusiasm back into the coffee industry here." Peru, Colombia, Mexico, El Salvador and Costa Rica have applied to join the auctions, but first have to meet high production standards. "What we want to show producers is that if you offer quality you get high prices," said Mr Hurst. "Last week's Guatemalan auctions raised about $500m, which goes straight back to the farmers." Coffee cupping The previous record was held by Guatemala's Las Nubes coffee which went for $11 a pound.“
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BBC News | Americas | Flaw found in Boeing 767
„And the aerospace giant will carry out changes to hundreds of planes already in service to correct a flaw in a cockpit shield that failed federal flame tests, said Jeff Hawk, director of aeroplane certification at Boeing's commercial division. Thirty-four new 747, 757, 767 and 777 model planes will be delayed for "a few days" to ensure their drip shields, which keep moisture from seeping into the cockpit, are assembled according to the design approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Unrelated to crash "This is not related to any accident, incident or in-service event," Mr Hawk said. The announcement was not related to the investigation into the cause of Sunday's crash of an EgyptAir Boeing 767-300ER passenger plane off the coast of Massachusetts, he said.“
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_502000/ 502606.stm
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BBC News | HEALTH | Caffeine 'reduces productivity'
„Toilet visits He said: "Our clinical research found that a high caffeine intake (more than 350mg during the working day) acts as a powerful diuretic and causes people to visit the toilet more frequently, which can lead to performance-zapping dehydration. "This, coupled with the powerful stimulating effects of caffeine, increases stress and causes failures in concentration." Sarah Schenker, a dietician for the British Nutrition Foundation, said there was nothing wrong with people drinking three or four cups of coffee a day - provided that they also drank water or other decaffeinated drinks to compensate. She said: "If you only drink caffeinated drinks then you will become mildly dehydrated. It has been shown that just 2% dehydration does affect concentration, and also makes you irritable." The study found 93% of workers surveyed drank at least one caffeinated beverage a day.“
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1142000/ 1142492.stm
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | GM decaf coffee plant created
„Bitter battle Pablo Dubois, from the ICO, said: "The global market for coffee is about $70bn a year, and decaf makes up about 10% of that. "The main issue would be the economics - is it going to be cheaper to buy GM seeds and grow them than to decaffeinate coffee as we do now?" Other researchers, some in commercial companies, have been working on GM decaf for several years. But Professor Alan Crozier, from the biochemistry department in Glasgow University, UK, says this is the first credible evidence that the GM decaffeination concept actually works. "They've got the caffeine level down by about 70%.“
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/ 3002112.stm
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