Fairtrade | News | Press Release (#)

„The Strategic Review process of 2001 determined that the organisation was at a stage where it could benefit from a wider ownership base. The new structure has been developed with the guidance of leading charity solicitor Lord Andrew Phillips OBE of Bates, Wells and Braithwaite, who made charity law history in 1995 by obtaining charitable status for the Fairtrade Foundation even though the benefits to the recipients were the result of commercial activities rather than purely from charitable donations.“

http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/pr080703.htm - Cached

Global Exchange : Berkeley to vote on politically correct coffee (#)

„``I'm all for promoting fair trade and organic coffee, but passing a law that makes it illegal doesn't make any sense,'' said Peter Conn, owner of the Art of Baking, which sells a wide range of coffee including organic and fair-trade.“

http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/ 400.html - Cached

It's All About Coffee (#)

„The new law would make it a crime punishable by up to six months in jail and a $100 fine to sell brewed coffee that isn't certified as Fair Trade, organic or shade-grown. It would not apply to dry whole or ground beans.“

http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2002/08/ berkeley-to-vote-on-mandating-coffee.html - Cached