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„A: It’s a demand problem, not a supply problem. Bill Harris, president of Cooperative Coffees, says, “The current supply of fairly traded green beans is estimated to be at least five times larger than the current demand. Conventional coffee roasters and importers will not buy this excess supply unless conscious consumers get involved and help make fair trade standards the standard for the coffee industry. Most coffee companies will only commit to fair trade when their customers demand it.”“
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„CRS Fair Trade Notes: Café Campesino's founder Bill Harris also established Cooperative Coffees-a green coffee importing cooperative that is owned and managed collectively by a small group of specialty coffee roasters committed to foster a more equitable and sustainable coffee trade. Telephone: 229-924-2468“
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„More important, according to coffee importer Bill Harris, it is grown with a commitment to building healthy soils and environments through practices such as composting, terracing and intercropping. Harris runs Cooperative Coffees, a Georgia-based company that imports organic coffee beans for 15 coffee roasters in the United States and Canada, including Heine Brothers.“
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„Cooperative Coffees is a unique organization - a green coffee importing cooperative committed to supporting and partnering with small-scale coffee farmers and their exporting cooperatives. By importing directly from our partner-farmers, Cooperative Coffees seeks to creatively foster a more equitable and sustainable system of coffee trade that directly benefits these farmers, their families and their communities.“
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„Harris Teeter Supermarkets announced this summer that it will place a selection of Newman’s Own Fair Trade Certified™ organic coffees in all 143 of its stores throughout the Southeast. Andrea Brewer, Category Manager for Harris Teeter, said in a press release, "We know that our customers will appreciate the high quality of these coffees in the cup, and will feel great knowing the difference they are making in the quality of life for the coffee-farming families who grow these flavorful beans." Newman’s Own coffees are roasted by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters.“
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„"It's a classic case of the farmers being left at the whim of a system over which they have no control," said Bill Harris, founder of Cooperative Coffees, an Americus, Ga., firm that imports coffee grown in Pueblo Nuevo and sells it to 14 small roasting companies around the United States and Canada.“
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