CBBC Newsround | WORLD | Cocoa deal to boost fair trade chocolate (#)
„The Co-Op supermarket chain has promised to make all its own-brand chocolate completely fair trade. It's struck a deal with cocoa farmers in Ghana in West Africa Farmers in Africa harvest cocoa Campaigners for fair trade say big companies don't pay a fair price for the cocoa beans and keep too much money from the chocolate they sell. Because so many people grow cocoa around the world, the companies can look for ages until they find the lowest price possible. Paying a fair price They are able to offer much less money than the farmer wants for their crops because of the farmer doesn't accept the price on offer, the companies will take their business somewhere else.“
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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.“
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3264671.stm
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BBC NEWS | Africa | Rwandan coffee used to make beer
„The Rwandan coffee, brewed at a temperature of 40C, had the "silky, velvety character" that the brewer wanted.“
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4073075.stm
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„Cocoa is big business in Ghana, where it accounts for more than 30 percent of export earnings. Kuapa Kokoo, a Ghanaian cooperative of cocoa producers, takes advantage of Fair Trade practices to give farmers resources to keep cocoa quality high, protect the environment, and improve their lives.“
http://www.transfairusa.org/content/email/ buzz_june.htm
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Tea & Coffee 04/02 - Finding a Path Through a Historic Maze
„With coffee prices rising, African Robustas began to flow freely into U.S. blends. According to Mark Pendergrast in Uncommon Grounds, “In 1951 Africa had accounted for only 4.8% of U.S. coffee imports; by 1955 the figure had risen to 11.4%.”“
http://www.teaandcoffee.net/0402/coffee.htm
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Tea & Coffee 06/01 - East Africa... Good Coffee, Bad Times
„Part of the global problem is that there is too much coffee in the world and not enough demand for good coffee. In the case of certain East African coffees, however, the coffee was often so good that it created its own demand. It is the return of those coffees for which its producers, and buyers, are fervently hoping.“
http://www.teaandcoffee.net/0601/special.htm
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