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

„It is interesting to see an article, however serious or comical, to state an opinion other than one of full support for Fair Trade products.  I will keep my personal criticisms and/or praises of TransFairUSA aside, but if you look to the media sources that have covered the Fair Trade Movement ( Click Here (www.transfairusa.org )), there is almost never a voice of critique.  Both in mainstream forums and specialized coffee industry magazines, you only find exhaltation of the wonderful things TransFairUSA has done for the plight of the small farmer...and they have brought attention to an issue that was almost ignored before.  However, every solution to a problem needs to be analyzed thoroughly, with all sides represented.“

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Global Exchange : News Updates (#)

„Faith Organizations Throw Weight Behind 'Fair Trade' Coffee Movement -- A Catholic charitable organization has become thelatest outfit to join religious groups backing the"Fair-Trade coffee" movement, an effort to help coffeefarmers worldwide who are hurt by falling prices. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has announced aninitiative aimed at boosting sales of fair-tradecoffee among the nation's 65 million Catholics. TheCRS Coffee Project partners with the Interfaith CoffeeProgram of Equal Exchange Inc., a Fair-Trade companybased in Canton, Mass.“

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Fairtrade | Publications | Fair Comment | Spring 1998 (#)

„The major development agencies (Christian Aid, Oxfam, World Development Movement, Cafod, Third World First, Sciaf, VSO and Traidcraft Exchange) are behind a campaign to get Fairtrade coffee and tea into the UK's restaurants, cafés and other catering outlets. Supporters of these groups have been handing in cards calling for Fairtrade wherever they drink tea or coffee. And there is now no excuse to drink anything else with the variety of excellent Fairtrade Marked coffees available.“

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

„All are also certified organically grown, because the Fair-Trade movement has so far piggy-backed on the pioneering work already done by the organic coffee movement in identifying and providing incentive for cooperatives of peasant growers. It may be good to keep in mind that both Fair-Trade and organically grown coffees are examples of a much larger phenomenon called partnership or relationship coffees - coffees that reflect a direct, ongoing partnering relationship between the company that roasts and sells the coffee and the people who grow it.“

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Fairtrade | Publications | Fair Comment | Spring 2001 (#)

„The emphasis will be on the people behind the products, enabling producers to tell their own stories through leaflets, posters, teaching materials and a website. Project co-ordinator Aileen Garden said: "The prominent location of many Fair Trade shops means they have an invaluable opportunity to act as an educational ‘shop window’ for the whole fair trade movement." To find out more or locate your nearest BAFTS shop, call 0191 386 7948.“

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Transfair USA | Fair Trade News (#)

„Morally pure marketing like this is also partly an outgrowth of the growing clamor about free trade and the effects of globalization on third-world workers. The growth of the grass-roots movement, combined with the success of the Fair Trade movement in Europe -- where the market for Fair Trade Certified products is three times larger in dollar sales than it is in the U.S. -- is now persuading mainstream companies to get on board.“

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clamor (#)

„Farmers have been leaving the fruit to rot on the tree, pulling the kids out of school, abandoning the family land and pouring into the cities to find non-existent work. That’s why, as the most heavily traded commodity after oil, and the most common beverage after water, coffee is a major focus of the fair trade movement.“

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CRS Fair Trade (#)

„Working with local partners, Oxfam delivers development programs and emergency relief services, and campaigns for change in global practices and policies that keep people in poverty. Oxfam America is also a leader in the Fair Trade movement whose report “Mugged” exposed the profound injustices in the structure of the conventional coffee trade and proposed a coherent agenda for change. For Oxfam's guide to Fair Trade community organizing, click here .“

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Java Jive #19 (#)

„The birth of TransFair in the U.S. is a major step forward for the fair trade movement. The existence of a U.S. seal will improve market access for small-scale cooperative producers. At the same time there will be greater opportunities to educate U.S. consumers about the benefits of fair trade and easier access for independent roasters to offer fairly traded coffee to their customers.“

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Fairtrade | Fairtrade Foundation | About us (#)

„The Fairtrade Foundation was established in 1992 by CAFOD , Christian Aid , New Consumer, Oxfam , Traidcraft and the World Development Movement . These founding organisations were later joined by Britain's largest women's organisation, the Women's Institute .“

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

„Fair trade lets consumers assist and empower others with their buying power. Fair trade lets consumers be part of a social justice movement through a simple action. Fair trade allows consumers to intiate a chain of responses that will positively impact the lives of poor coffee farmers and their families.“

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BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | Fair trade coffee campaign for city (#)

„"Four large coffee companies buy nearly half the world's crop and make huge profits but we calculate only around 5% of the retail price reaches the farmer. "Coffee now costs more to grow and pick than it does to sell." The fair trade movement says it tries to ensure the farmers are guaranteed a price which provides them with a living income.“

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Transfair USA | Fair Trade News (#)

„The Fair Trade movement started in the 1980s as a way to make life better for the farmers and workers who supply the world with tea, coffee, cacao, fruit and other commodities. Many of these farmers don't have enough money for life's basic necessities such as electricity, clean water, housing and medical care.“

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View topic - NPR Story on Coffee Growers Strife in Central, South America - Coffee Forum (#)

„'Fair trade is a fairly radical solution - not only giving a better price but giving producers a say in the supply chain. The question we ask is who has the power, and what fair trade does is give poor disadvantaged producers a bit of a say,' says Barry Coates, of the World Development Movement.“

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Global Exchange : North American Fair Trade Movement Reports Big Advances (#)

„To qualify, they must ensure that producers are paid a living wage for their products; provide their customers with information about the producers and their cultural identity, as well as the Fair Trade movement itself; and offer financial assistance through direct loans or other mechanisms to producers who often lack access to credit.“

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

„Most fair-traded coffees are produced in Central and South America, with only a handful of fair-trade options from the great origins of East Africa and the Pacific. But given the success of the fair trade movement, I expect to see more variety in coming years.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„It costs us a heck of a lot more to be part a leader in the Fair Trade movement, but recent trips to Ethiopia and Nicaragua demonstrate the real impact of fair trade on the lives of farmers and their families, and reminded me where my values lay.“

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CRS Fair Trade (#)

„They create different types of products. But they are all linked to one another—and to us—through their participation in the Fair Trade movement and our common desire to create a better life for themselves and their families.“

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Tea & Coffee 09/03 - My Summer in France with Fair Trade (#)

„Max Havellar is Fair Trade France. Fair Trade, an international movement to promote equitable trade, now also gaining prominence in the US, has four key goals:“

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TransFair Canada: The Benefits (#)

„The Fair Trade movement world-wide has largely been driven by consumer demand. The success of lobbying for producers’ right to a living wage has resulted in the following benefits:“

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Investing (#)

„"Equal Exchange was appealing to me as a new for-profit social change model, as a leader in the fair trade movement, and as a group of committed, trustworthy individuals."“

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Campus/University Fair Trade Coffee Project - Lutheran World Relief (#)

„College and university students are playing a key role in building demand for fair trade. Be part of the fair trade movement on your campus!“

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Global Exchange : Stark wants government to serve fair trade coffee (#)

„While the world market price for coffee has fallen to around 50 cents a pound, the fair trade movement guarantees farmers a price of $1.26 a pound, say organizers.“

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Press (#)

„"Tracing coffee's passage from Guatemala to coffee houses in this country, and how the fair trade movement could transform farmers' lives"“

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TransFair Canada: Make a Difference (#)

„Many students have asked us how they can get involved in the Fair Trade movement, how they can make a difference. There are several ways:“

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Facts About Fair Trade (#)

„Fair trade lets consumers be part of a social justice movement through a simple action“

http://www.cooperativecoffees.com/resources/papers/ facts.html - Cached