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The crisis brewing in the coffee world. - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„Under the title ìMugged: Poverty in your coffee cupî, Oxfam proposed that the main processing companies (Proctor & Gamble, Kraft, Sara Lee, Nestle, Starbucks and Tchibo), which together buy over half the world's coffee produce, should pay higher prices for the bean. Oxfam asked the biggest commercial enterprises to convert at least 2% of their total annual purchases into buying coffee grown in the ìfair tradeî way, and increase that percentage over the following years. The term fair trade was invented by the Fair Trade Labelling Organisation ó an international group seeking greater equity in world trade ó so that coffee workers can receive a dignified salary and sell their product to enterprises that authorise loans to farmers without access to credit, among other forms of aid. The most sensible thing for producer countries to do would be to coordinate the sale of coffee among them.“

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CoffeeGeek - TransFair USA Celebrates Fair Trade Month with Chefs, Farmers and Retailers (#)

„The main attractions of this year's celebration include five high-profile media events and a series of farmer tours throughout the country. The media events, which will be held in New York, Boston, Seattle, Portland and Milwaukee, showcase Fair Trade Certified food - specifically coffee, cocoa, tea and tropical fruits - prepared by some of the nation's top chefs. The Fair Trade farmer tours, with banana farmers from Ecuador and coffee farmers from Nicaragua, are taking place in Boston, Seattle, Portland and Milwaukee, and are aimed at educating the public about how Fair Trade significantly improve the lives of Fair Trade farmers, their families and their communities. “

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Amazon.com: Gourmet Food: Sumatra Fair Trade Organic Coffee (#)

„The purchase of Sumatran organic coffee does, however, help to protect the livelihood of the small farmer in cooperatives, as well as the environment in which they farm. Fair Trade Coffee is produced under a program that ensures that the coffee farmers in developing countries (like Indonesia) are paid more for their coffee. Under the fair trade agreement, an importer must meet stringent international criteria; paying a minimum price per pound of $1.26, providing much needed credit to farmers, and providing technical assistance such as help transitioning to organic farming. Fair Trade for coffee farmers means community development, health, education, and environmental stewardship.“

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clamor (#)

„During introductions between Maya Vinic and Cooperative Coffees, each question posed by a roaster was directly answered by a different farmer depending on his knowledge, without being prompted by a leader. A perfect day of growers and roasters tromping together through fields exploding with bright coffee cherries (it helps that they’ve been organic for ten years) led to the signing of a contract for Maya Vinic’s first 10 tons of fair trade coffee. A throng of people in the village of Yaxgemel, one of Maya Vinic’s 33 communities, turned out to attentively witness every translated word and watch every stroke of the pen. We all quivered with excitement.“

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www.coffeereview.com - the worlds leading coffee buying guide - Fair-Trade Coffees (#)

„But the most persistent gripe among coffee professionals, and the most significant issue for coffee enthusiasts, is "quality" - whether Fair-Trade-certified coffees measure up to other fine coffees in terms of quality in the cup. I would add the term "distinction" - do Fair-Trade coffees match up in terms of quality and distinction? Because to me a really fine coffee should not only taste superb, but superb in a way that is a bit different from the way most other coffees taste, a way that reflects either the subtle influence of the place where the coffee was grown or the roaster/blender's artful intention.“

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Fairtrade | News | Press Release (#)

„Guillermo Vargas Leiton of Coocafe cooperative in Costa Rica which supplies the UK Fairtrade market says: "When you buy our coffee you are not just buying our coffee you are supporting our democracy." Farmers’ organisations such as Coocafe that sell all or part of their members’ crops to the Fairtrade market receive a minimum of 106 cents per lb and 126 cents per lb, for robusta and arabica beans respectively. This includes a five cents per pound fixed premium. This compares to the current world market price of 24 cent per lb and 52 cents per lb for Robusta and Arabica beans respectively.“

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Café Forum | Minnesota Coffee Companies (#)

„Family owned and operated Roaster of the Finest Coffee and vast inventory of Tea and herbals. Coffees from all over the world including; organic certified, Certified Fair Trade Coffee and Pure Hawaii coffees. - 2730 West 43rd Street (Also located inside Sears in Mall of America) , Minneapolis, MN 55410 - Tel: 800-2-FINEST - Email: coffeeandtealtd@excite.com - Url: www.angelfire.com/mn2/coffeeandtealtd Paynesville Midnight Roastery Micro-roasting the world's finest coffees fresh, every day. Committed to bringing you the highest quality coffee, roasted to order, and pride ourselves with personal friendly service.“

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International Finance Corporation - Projects (#)

„At present, ‘fair trade’ certification is available only to producers, typically small farmers who form a cooperative and sell direct into markets or through fair trade buyers who pay a specific ‘fair trade’ premium. Coffee has been at the forefront of ‘fair trade’ schemes to date, although they extend several other agricultural commodities (e.g. tea, cocoa). IFC and Olam will collaborate to see if ‘fair trade’ principles could be extended to cover their trading activities and establish what criteria would need to be met.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Currently, such criticism appears to be baseless. My rather extensive cuppings of fair trade coffees suggest that they tend to be no better nor no worse in quality and character than a comparable range of conventionally traded coffees. Green coffee buyers always have the option of refusing to buy specific lots of fair-trade coffees, and, to the degree that market pressures really do promote quality (an arguable assumption in itself), this mild pressure appears more than sufficient to focus fair-trade farmers on the job at hand.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„Participants in the Women in Coffee tour group met primarily with female growers, and the open exchange between the two groups was powerful. When Karyn Lee Thomas, owner of Signature Coffee in Northern California, returned home from the tour, she immediately registered to begin selling fair-trade coffee. “I had been buying fair-trade coffee and knew it was the right thing to do. But I hadn’t been putting it on the packaging—I didn’t know if I wanted to go through the bureaucracy [of being certified].“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„Now, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has announced an initiative aimed at boosting sales of fair-trade coffee among the nation's 65 million Catholics. The CRS Coffee Project partners with the Interfaith Coffee Program of Equal Exchange Inc., a fair-trade company based in Canton, Mass. The program includes organizations from the Lutheran, Presbyterian and Methodist communities. It encourages the 19,000 Catholic parishes in the USA to endorse and sell fair-trade coffee.“

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Amazon.com: Gourmet Food: Fair Trade Blend (#)

„The Fair Trade Certified label guarantees that the farmers who produced the coffee received a fair price for their harvest. Fair prices mean small family farmers can improve their standard of living; their families can better afford housing, healthcare and nourishment, and their children can stay in school longer. TransFair USA, an independent, third party certification organization, monitors the trade of coffee from the crop to your cup.“

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Amazon.com: Gourmet Food: Green Coffee Beans: Fair Trade Organic Guatemala Forestal Tajumulco, 2 Lbs. (#)

„We are committed to providing only Fair Trade certified green coffee. Purchasing Fair Trade guarantees the growers were paid a fair and living wage for the coffee they labored to produce. All of the green coffee we sell was purchased in small lots of only the best quality arabica beans. This green coffee must be roasted before it can be made into a coffee beverage.“

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Cafe Campesino ...from crop to cup a Fair Trade (#)

„With fair trade coffee the cycle is broken as the small farmers organize into cooperatives and sell their coffee for a "fair price" which they are guaranteed. As a result of these cooperatives farmers find themselves empowered and able to build economic independence. The cooperatives improve access to technical and credit assistance, giving the farmers the know how they need to be more independent.“

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Tea & Coffee 06/04 - World News (#)

„Fair trade coffee is the fastest growing sector of the UK coffee market. In 2003, consumers purchased 2083 tons of fair trade coffee from shops and supermarkets - an increase of 42% from 2002. Coffee shops sold 385 tons of fair trade coffee during the same period - an annual increase of 67%.“

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The Hidden Planet - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„Elsewhere in the market and down Rideau, you will find several store owners invested in the coffee craze, touting to have the “world’s best/freshest coffee.” Unfortunately, most of them don’t seem to have a clue. Planet is to be lauded for their devotion to selling fair trade coffees exclusively, offering fresh product from a local roaster by the name of Equator.“

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CoffeeKid - Falling out of the SCAA, and Green Coffee in Canada (#)

„I think this is going to be my new source for Fair Trade green coffee - their single pound prices okay (not great), but the five pound prices are pretty good - average of about $7 a pound or less, in Canadian dollars. Compared to US sources of green Fair Trade coffee, it's downright cheap once you factor in shipping costs.“

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Fair Trade Coffee Project - Lutheran World Relief (#)

„The LWR Fair Trade Coffee Project ensures that more of the money you spend on coffee reaches the farmers who actually grow it. Fair trade coffee is a simple solution that means the difference—quite literally—between surviving and not surviving for small-scale coffee farmers.“

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Transfair USA | Fair Trade Overview (#)

„"Fair Trade supports some of the most bio-diverse farming systems in the world. When you visit a Fair Trade coffee grower's fields, with the forest canopy overhead and the sound of migratory songbirds in the air, it feels like you're standing in the rainforest."“

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Level Ground Trading --making the dream come true - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„The UNDP had deployed a team of technical advisors to provide specialized technical assistance to Aymara coffee farmers and to promote international trade for their unique variety of specialty coffee. Level Ground was pleased to be the first Fair Trade importer of this coffee to North America.“

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Website Document (#)

„However, our intentions as fair trade coffee traders go beyond the simple act of buying and selling excellent quality coffees. We also unite under the common desire to demonstrate through our own example that alternative rules to trade are possible both at home and abroad.“

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How to Order Fair Trade Coffee Project - Lutheran World Relief (#)

„By Fax: Fax your completed LWR Fair Trade Coffee Project fax order form (PDF) to Equal Exchange at 508-427-4782 to pay by credit card. Be sure to include the name and address of your congregation when completing the form, and to include a complete shipping address if your order is not going to be delivered to your church!“

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Fair Trade Coffee Klatching (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„Roasters are also licensed and monitored by FLO. By contract, they are committed to reporting their purchases, roasting activities and sales of Fair Trade coffee. They are also subject to verifications, and agree to display the FairTrade logo according to standards in the contract.“

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CoffeeGeek - Coffee: General Discussion, Fair Trade Coffee (#)

„ As an alternative to fair trade coffee, there are a lot of "relationship" coffees out there. A roaster or importer will negotiate directly with a grower or co-op giving them more money than they would get from a middleman. That has the same effect without the branding.“

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Utz Kapeh Information (#)

„"The high ground has been staked out by organic and Fair Trade coffee, but there is a limit to how far those segments are going to grow," said Utz Kapeh director David Rosenberg. "The question is what is going to happen to the other 95 percent that is not in that niche."“

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CRS Fair Trade (#)

„It also works to create opportunities for Catholics and other socially conscious consumers to make economic choices that respect human dignity, promote economic justice and build solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Africa. Solidarity in a Cup—African Fair Trade Coffee“

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CoffeeGeek - Coffee Kids Partners with ForesTrade to Deliver Urgent Disaster Relief to Coffee (#)

„ ForesTrade, Inc. is the world's largest supplier of organic tropical spices and a leader in Fair Trade coffee. Headquartered in Vermont, the company has offices in Indonesia, Guatemala, and The Netherlands.“

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Presbyterian Coffee Project (#)

„Order Fair Trade Coffee and Tea Online (this link will take you to the Equal Exchange website, so you may first wish to add this site to your "favorites" or "bookmarks" so you can return to it later.)“

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TransFair Canada: Resources, Reports & Links (#)

„Lucas Rosenblatt, Judith Meyer, Edith Beckmann. Cooking with Coffee 60 recipes using Fair Trade Coffee. New Internationalist Fair Trade Cookbooks. 2003“

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Fairtrade | News | Press Release (#)