Transfair USA | Fair Trade Links (#)

„Providing information about Fair Trade to the public, the media and Fair Trade advocates 3. Galvanizing Fair Trade organizations and individuals seeking to get involved FTRN's website has an extensive list of Fair Trade materials. EcoLogic Finance www.ecologicfinance.org EcoLogic Finance is a nonprofit offering affordable financial services to community-based businesses operating in environmentally sensitive areas of Latin America and Africa. Targeting the rural credit market, EcoLogic Finance provides loan capital to support low-income communities whose business activities foster environmental conservation and grassroots economic development.“

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North America (#)

„World2Market.com displays a collective assortment of unique and beautiful products from a variety of artisans around the world, for consumers to purchase on-line. It sources its products from social enterprise groups, micro-credit lending institutions and fair trade organizations that work directly with individual producers and who all share a common goal of using open market sales to promote sustainable economic development. It offers consumers an easy way to use their purchasing power to support a range of groups from disadvantaged women in North Carolina, to micro-credit loan recipients in Bangladesh, to small artisan groups in Nepal. By providing many artisans with access to world markets via the Internet, World 2 Market.com has helped many of these support their families.“

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India coffee - Indian Coffee, monthly magazine - The Social Dimension-what price the good bean (#)

„As the global "coffee crisis" threatens to become an endemic problem of the coffee industry, buyers are seeking to project themselves as fair players in the coffee mart, to avoid a backlash from consumers and activists. Their strategy involves alliances with non-governmental organizations, with outputs in the form of Fair Trade and Eco labels and certification programmes. In the process, the coffee sector has expanded to include organizations such as Coffee Kids, Sustainable Harvest and TransFair International, besides NGOs focusing on the conservation of natural resources. In effect, these organizations become stakeholders in the farm-to-table coffee chain, and provide support as lobbyists and advocacy groups.“

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Tea & Coffee 08/02 - Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Certified Tea in the U.S. (#)

„The market for Fair Trade Certified tea is still new, but growing quickly, and may yet become, as it is in coffee, the fastest growing segment of the specialty industry. In the past year, four more companies have joined Granum in offering Fair Trade Certified tea, and TransFair continues to receive growing interest from tea companies all over the U.S. Most recently, the Sierra Club, one of the nation’s largest environmental organizations, announced they would be launching a Fair Trade Certified tea (to join its recently launched Fair Trade Certified coffee) later this year.“

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Tea & Coffee 11/01 - The Fair Trade Ideal: The Ultimate Answer For Sustainability? (Cont) (#)

„Through all of this hammering of specialty coffee there was no outcry by Fair Trade coffee advocates and organizations about the 92% of green coffee coming into the U.S. that is not specialty coffee. The great global coffee businesses of Kraft, Proctor & Gamble, Nestle and Sara Lee that represent the bulk of all coffees bought and sold in the U.S. were not sullied by the vitriol, nor threatened with bad publicity. They went about their business buying in about 16.5 million bags of green coffee in the last year from their regular commercial sources at historically low prices.“

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clamor (#)

„Much of the business is taken care of personally at annual meetings between the co-ops. In this way, Cooperative Coffees and other fair trade organizations build long-term relationships with farmers that both parties can depend on. Support for organic certification, sustainable farming practices, access to affordable credit, and consumer education to create more demand for fairly traded coffee are also priorities of the fair trade movement.“

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

„In Paris we stayed at a hotel but in every other town, we were hosted by local families. Fair Trade organizations tend to be run on a non-profit model with grassroots organizations being the key to success. Voluntarism is an integral part of this movement and a dedicated group located all across the country enabled its success. For example, at Nancy, Francois and Genevieve Petigand, sold Fair Trade coffee and tea at cost, without profit, at village fairs and local events.“

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TransFair Canada: How Fair Trade Works (#)

„Producers and their organizations are monitored and certified by Fair Trade Labelling Organizations International (FLO). In Canada, the “Licensees” (processors) are licensed and audited by TransFair Canada to ensure that they are doing business with certified producers and that they are adhering to the standards set out by FLO. TransFair also works to promote Fair Trade Certified products at the retail and consumer level.“

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View topic - I found a great new coffee company online!!! - Coffee Forum (#)

„The minimum price is only guaranteed to the coop. In all documentation from “fair trade” organizations you will see the term “the farmer receives a fair price” Why, because the “farmer” is not guaranteed the minimum price, only the coop or group is. The farmer may get a higher price for the coffee, but it is not guaranteed. After the cost of running the coop, that may include a number of things from loans to transportation to ???, the farmer is paid for the coffee.“

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Benefits of Fair Trade (#)

„For example, agronomists work with each community on organic farming techniques and methods to increase yields. A $140,000 rotating loan fund — generated with the price premiums paid by fair trade organizations — provides village-level cooperatives with pre-planting and pre-harvest financing. A weekly radio program on gender issues, produced by female co-op members and wives of members, is a further example of how the cooperative is putting premiums to good use.“

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CRS Fair Trade (#)

„FTRN raises consumer awareness Fair Trade, and the ways that improves the lives of low-income producers overseas. FTRN gathers data, conducts research, and provides information about Fair Trade to consumers, the media and Fair Trade advocates, and supports the work of Fair Trade Organizations in the United States.“

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Transfair USA | Support FT Communities in Tsunami Affected Areas (#)

„We are grateful that reported loss of life and physical damage has been minimal in the Fair Trade organizations, which are situated mostly inland and at higher altitudes, though the trauma and desolation is widespread. In solidarity with their people, members of Fair Trade organizations are finding ways to pitch in and assume leadership in the recovery efforts.“

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Facts About Fair Trade (#)

„Paying fair wages does not necessarily mean that products cost the consumer more. Since Fair Trade Organizations bypass exploitative middlemen and work directly with producers, they are able to cut costs and return a greater percentage of the retail price to the producers.“

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Transfair USA | Fair Trade News (#)

„It also sets safety guidelines for workers, including safe use of pesticides, and promotes environmental sustainability. Guidelines are set by the Fair Trade Labeling Organizations International (FLO), which has 17 monitoring groups around the world, including one in the United States -- TransFair USA in Oakland.“

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Sweet Maria's Small But Important Donation Program (#)

„Fair wages Paying fair wages does not necessarily mean that products cost the consumer more. Since Fair Trade Organizations bypass exploitative middlemen and work directly with producers, they are able to cut costs and return a greater percentage of the retail price to the producers.“

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

„Fair Wages — Paying fair wages does not necessarily mean that products cost the consumer more. Since Fair Trade Organizations bypass exploitative middlemen and work directly with producers, they are able to cut costs and return a greater percentage of the retail price to the producers.“

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Fair Trade: A Taste of Justice - Fair Trade Coffee Project - Lutheran World Relief (#)

„Fair trade is a new link to people with whom LWR works overseas. By buying directly, paying a fair price and providing advance credit, fair trade organizations help small farmers in the developing world build a sustainable future for themselves and their families.“

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gepa Fair Trade Company – Chronicle (2002-2003) (#)

„At the same time, the Dambadeniya basket project could celebrate its twenty-year anniversary with guests from gepa as well as other European and international Fair Trade organizations.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„One of the leading organizations working with global Fair Trade groups to break poverty cycles and empower developing nations through more sustainable based trade rules is the Minneapolis-based Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP).“

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TransFair Canada: Resources, Reports & Links (#)

„The European Fair Trade Association (EFTA) A network of 11 Fair Trade organizations in nine European countries“

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TransFair Canada: How Fair Trade Works (#)

„Producers and their organizations are certified by the Fair Trade Labelling Organizations International (FLO).“

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International Coffee Organization (#)

„Links to other coffee related websites: Organizations, Electronic trading, Fair trade, Research, News providers.“

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World Bank Group | Agricultural Trade | Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) (#)

„Fair Trade Labelling Organizations International (FLO) “

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CRS Fair Trade (#)

„Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International “

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