Coffee Kids | UK (#)

  „For 16 years Coffee Kids has been helping small-scale coffee farmers address their own communities' problems with health-care projects, education projects and micro enterprise projects that help coffee farmers establish alternative incomes so they are no longer totally dependent upon coffee as a sole source of income.“

http://www.coffeekids.org/about/uk.htm - Cached

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Meet the Farmers - Coffee Farmers in Crisis - Fair Trade Coffee Project - Lutheran World Relief

  „The world’s small-scale coffee farmers are in crisis. Coffee prices have dropped to historic lows. Farmers are trapped at the end of a lengthy and expensive chain of middlemen and little money is left for the people who actually grew the coffee crop. Some farmers are pulling up their coffee crops, unable to survive as small players in an unstable global commodities market.“

http://www.lwr.org/coffee/kcnu/index.asp - Cached

Transfair USA | Coffee Program

  „Today's historic lows in world coffee prices have created a crisis for millions of farmers around the world. Most small-scale family farmers live in remote locations, and are dependent on local middlemen (known as "coyotes" in Latin America) to purchase their coffee, often at a fraction of its worth. Fair Trade guarantees farmers a set minimum price for their coffee and links farmer-run cooperatives directly with US importers, cutting out middlemen and creating the conditions for long-term sustainability.“

http://www.transfairusa.org/content/certification/ coffee_program.php - Cached

Fairtrade | News | Press Release

  „In the context of an unfair global trade system, UK consumers are making a positive difference to the lives of tens of thousands of farmers in developing countries by choosing to buy Fairtrade coffee for the home, in the workplace and in coffee shops. This consumer support is also sending a strong message to government and the coffee industry that coffee farmers should receive a sustainable price for their commodity.“

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

Fair Trade Coffee Project - Lutheran World Relief

  „Coffee is big business—it’s one of the most heavily traded commodities in the world. But for the majority of small-scale coffee farmers, the benefits are few.“

http://www.lwr.org/coffee/index.asp - Cached

CRS Fair Trade

  „This two-page document shows how Fair Trade puts more of your coffee dollars directly into the hands of small-scale farmers than the conventional system, in which middlemen, processors and coffee companies can earn more than the men and women who actually grow the coffee.“

http://www.crsfairtrade.org/what_is/ edu_material.htm - Cached

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