CRS Fair Trade

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

Global Exchange : There's a new cause brewing on campuses Global Exchange : There's a new cause brewing on campuses

  „But proponents of fair trade -- a system that pays farmers at least $1.26 per pound, or $1.41 for organic coffee -- say that still falls short of the 80 cents a pound it costs small-scale farmers to produce gourmet beans. According to Oxfam, a "coffee crisis" affects 25 million coffee-growing families in more than 50 countries, from Mexico to Ethiopia. In Latin America, where non-fair-trade farmers end up with an average of 20 cents per pound after paying brokers known as "coyotes," Oxfam says the crisis compels growers to abandon their farms and contributes to poverty and malnutrition in coffee-growing communities.“

http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/ 1736.html - Cached

CRS Fair Trade CRS Fair Trade

  „CRS Fair Trade Notes: Conscious Coffees has worked since 1996 to sell coffee in a way that does not impoverish the farmers who grow it, but helps lift them out of poverty. Conscious Coffees products are available at more than one dozen natural food stores. restaurants and coffee shops in Colorado. Telephone: 970-453-5353, 800-365-8616“

http://www.crsfairtrade.org/coffee_project/ map.htm - Cached

Transfair USA | Coffee Program 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


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