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„SERRV—the Sales Exchange for Refugee Rehabilitation Vocation—was established in 1949 by the Church of the Brethren to assist refugees in post-WWII Europe, and became an independent non-profit marketing and development agency in 1999. As a member of the International Fair Trade Association, SERRV embraces the organization’s Code of Practice, which consists of the following nine principles:“
http://www.crsfairtrade.org/work_of_human_hands/ about_serrve.htm - Cached
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„gepa is a member of EFTA (European Fair Trade Association), an association of Fair Trade organizations from all over Europe. The promotion of an accountable and sustainable trade is the objective of EFTA and its members, who by now possess several decades' experience of Fair Trade import. The EFTA members keep contact with more than 700 overseas producer groups. Serving the interests of these partners, their work has contributed essentially to the fact that today, more and more consumers consider the ethical and ecological aspects of their buying decisions.“
http://www.gepa3.de/htdocs_en/fair_trade/ europa_fair.html
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„First of all: Nice greetings from Austria / Europe! Thanks a lot for this great page - I read it every morning when I sip my Espresso from my ECM Boticelli II.“
http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums/espresso/machines/ 359
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„The Dutch (map) cleared the initial hurdle in 1616, spiriting a coffee plant into Europe (map) for the first time. Then in 1696 they founded the first European-owned coffee estate, on colonial Java, now part of Indonesia (map).“
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/coffee/ legend3.html
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„Europe, a consistent consumer for decades of medium quality high grown Central Amercian coffees, has started to replace these with steamed robustas, meaning the European coffee quality is sliding, and there is a great lack in demand for these high grown "marginal specialty coffees". You can see how this would severly affect the coffee market, and be a huge part of the low prices coffee farmers are receiving for their crop. The costs of production are fantastically low in Asia, compared to Central America. And you can bet you booty that any type of highly processed coffee beverage made from a powder at your local coffee boutique, such as Mochachino and Caramel Iced Frappelatte are made with Vietnamese Robusta.“
http://www.sweetmarias.com/ coffee.thumbs-down.html
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