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

„ Top-tier chefs Dan Barber of Blue Hill Restaurant, New York; Mark Weber of Watermark, Milwaukee; Greg Higgins of Higgins, Portland; and Traci DesJardins of Jardiniere and Acme Chophouse, San Francisco all serve Fair Trade Certified food in their restaurants.  Fair Trade pioneers like Equal Exchange continue to expand their businesses and launch new Fair Trade products.  Meanwhile, Fair Trade also continues to make inroads into the mainstream through the efforts of companies like Procter & Gamble, Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Sam's Club, Stop & Shop, Giant, Tops, and Fred Meyer supermarkets.“
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Organic News Winter/Spring 1999 (#)

„The concept behind Transfair U.S. is to make it easy for consumers to identify fair trade products by marking the product with the Transfair logo. "In the following months we will need to have coffee roasters across the nation sign up with Transfair U.S., and consumers and consumer groups who support fair trade to show this support." The tentative plan is to include a national letter-writing campaign and public visits from small farmers from various countries.“
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Global Exchange : News Updates (#)

„Lucy Hitchcock Seck Has Spent Much Of Her Life Spreading Respect For Human Dignity -- Hitchcock Seck sells bags of certified "fair-trade" coffee after services at the Unitarian Universalist Association. With certified Fair Trade products, she's sure farmers will get a bigger share of the money consumers spend, instead of it going to middlemen in the distribution chain. Hitchcock Seck knows from traveling in Central America and Africa that a few dollars can make a world of difference for peasant farmers.Dignity and justice are Unitarian principles that Hitchcock Seck strives to practice, not just preach. That's she is mobilizing against the FTAA in Miami.“
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Fairtrade | About Fairtrade | Frequently asked questions (#)

„The FAIRTRADE Mark is an independent consumer label which appears on UK products as a guarantee that they have given their producers a better deal. The Mark is awarded by the Fairtrade Foundation, a registered charity set up by CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam, Traidcraft Exchange and the World Development Movement. It shares internationally recognised Fairtrade standards with initiatives in 18 other countries, working together as Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International (FLO).“
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TransFair Canada: National Fair Trade Week Launch (#)

„With the double objective of increasing public awareness of fairly traded products and consumers’ demand for fair trade products, National Fair Trade Week will feature a variety of activities throughout Canada. Two members of fair trade cooperatives will participate in a Canadian tour to share how fair trade has positively impacted their lives. A coffee producer from Guatemala and a cocoa producer from Dominican Republic will be speaking at several venues from May 3rd-May 18th (see attached calendar of events).“
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Home (#)

„PROMOTE CONSUMER EDUCATION - Purchasing fairly traded products supports a system of living wages and healthy working conditions. By defining fair trade and conducting business in a manner that respects workers' rights and the environment, the fair trade movement strives to educate consumers about the often hidden human costs of their "bargains." By providing information about producers' history, culture and living conditions, fair traders enhance cross-cultural understanding and respect between consumers and communities in the developing world.“
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www.coffeereview.com - the worlds leading coffee buying guide - Fair-Trade Coffees (#)

„On the other hand, the Fair-Trade Sumatra, imported by ForesTrade, a company that produces a variety of organic and ecologically sustainable products from Indonesia, seemed a bit improved over samples of this coffee I have cupped from previous years. This year's crop still doesn't approach the finest of traditionally processed Indonesia coffees, with their deep character and forest-floor complexity, but the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters' version of the ForesTrade Sumatra, with its musty tones that read as spice or smoke, is a pleasing rendition of a style of sweetly musty Indonesia cup.“
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TransFair Canada: Chocolate Tasting & Photo Op (#)

„The majority of cocoa producers around the world work and live in conditions of abject poverty where child slavery has been documented. “The more consumers buy Fair Trade products, the more conditions will improve for families in producing countries,” says Caroline Whitby, managing director of TransFair Canada. “Fair Trade products are already widely available in specialty stores. What’s most needed now is for the products to make it onto the shelves of supermarkets so consumers have easy access.”“
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Fair Trade vs Free Trade (#)

„Several fair trade organizations such as TransFair USA and the Fair Trade Federation are working hard to promote and expand the consumer market for fairly traded products. All participants in the fair trade movement, including Cooperative Coffees, adopt a code of trade practices similar to those summarized on the following page.“
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BBC - h2g2 - The Fairtrade Mark (#)

„Fair trade is about working together to change the injustice of small producers being disadvantaged by fluctuations in world market prices. This is done by creating opportunities for:The small producer in the developing world to work their way towards a higher quality of life.For consumers in the developed world, giving them an opportunity to be instrumental in the movement for a positive change that is vastly improving the quality of life in the many areas from which fair trade products have been bought.“
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gepa Fair Trade Company – Fair Trade policy (#)

„Fair Trade and good products alone are not enough to bring about really sustainable changes of the situation of Southern producers marginalized on the world market. Lobbying and political advocacy work, campaigning and a comprehensive cooperation of the Fair Trade organizations are important components of our work.“
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PR Distribution through United Natural Foods (#)

„100% of Equal Exchange products are fairly traded, benefiting 29 small farmer cooperatives in 14 countries around the world. Their Fair Trade products are distributed nationwide and are available in major supermarkets including Safeway, Albertsons, Kroger, Shaw's and Stop & Shop. In keeping with its business philosophy Equal Exchange is a worker cooperative, owned and controlled by its employees.“
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Tea & Coffee 09/03 - My Summer in France with Fair Trade (#)

„The Educational Bus was gaily decorated in shades of yellow and green with a fabulous customized interior which accommodated display windows promoting the various Fair Trade products - coffee, tea, sugar and chocolate. Large panels promoted each participating producer. In my case, there was a story of Jamuni Gurungini, our woman factory supervisor, a position usually reserved for a man.“
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Global Grassroots Entrepreneur Workshop: Case Studies  - World Bank Poverty Net (#)

„FTF directly links low-income producers with consumer markets and educates consumers about the importance of purchasing fairly traded products. 84 Fair Trade Companies are members of the Fair Trade Federation. In the year 2000, gross sales by the FTF 84 member companies included in this survey topped US $41 million“
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PR Distribution through United Natural Foods (#)

„Through this arrangement select Equal Exchange products will for the first time be easily available to thousands of retailers nationwide. Working with United Natural Foods in this way significantly advances Equal Exchange's long term strategy of putting their gourmet and organic fair trade products within easy reach of America's natural food shoppers.“
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CRS Fair Trade (#)

„TransFair USA is an independent third-party certifier of Fair Trade products, and governs the use of the Fair Trade Certified seal in the United States. When you see this seal next to the name of a coffee roaster, it means that the roaster carries coffees certified by TransFair USA.“
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gepa Fair Trade Company – Chronicle (#)

„gepa combines social, ecological and high product quality with efficiency. Meanwhile, we offer a great variety of fairly traded products whose quality is far above average, also in comparison with the conventional market.“
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Transfair USA | Fair Trade News (#)

„Other products that could someday join the fair-trade list include spices, grains, sugar and fresh cut flowers, said Haven Bourque, director of marketing for Transfair USA, a nonprofit group in Oakland, Calif., that certifies fair-trade products.“
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Fair Trade Coffee Klatching (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„Will Fair Trade coffee and other Fair Trade products, therefore, remain a niche product or will there ever be a time when Fair Trade products will be accessible to lower income consumers; in short, benefitting poor consumers as well as poorer producers?“
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gepa Fair Trade Company – Chronicle (2002-2003) (#)

„Numerous world shops have made use of the gepa professionalization concept and offer fairly traded products in top locations, combined with professional presentation and customer-friendly business hours.“
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Cafe Campesino ...from crop to cup a Fair Trade (#)

„Clearly Fair Trade is having a positive impact on communities throughout the world. Each time you chose to drink Fair Trade coffee or buy Fair Trade Products you are contributing to that progress and helping individuals and communities throughout the world.“
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BBC - Jersey - Living Here (#)

„At the Town Hall, on 21st of October, food tasting was used to dispel the myths of Fairtrade products being over priced. Coffee, tea and chocolate were available for tasting. The event was also used to show that Fairtrade produce is available in many shops around the Island.“
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Fair Trade Coffee Klatching (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„For other products certifiable by FLO, a similar chain of custody exists. In the case of cocoa based products, which contain non-FairTrade ingredients, criteria are defined as to what constitutes an adequate percentage of Fair Trade ingredients.“
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View topic - I found a great new coffee company online!!! - Coffee Forum (#)

„Do not buy coffee cerified by them. They are not the only orgaization in the world that certifies fair trade products. Other organizations exist that do not require members to be coops, which you also seem to have an issue with. Buy that coffee, if you have an issue with coops.“
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Facts About Fair Trade (#)

„Fair Trade Organizations educate consumers about the importance of purchasing fairly traded products which support living wages and healthy working conditions.“
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Fairtrade | Food and drinks (#)

„Download the entire range of Fairtrade certified products and company contact details(PDF)“
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How to Participate in the Fair Trade Coffee Project - Lutheran World Relief (#)

„Give baskets of fair trade products to welcome new members, show appreciation to faithful volunteers, and as Christmas gifts.“
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Transfair USA | Fair Trade Products (#)

„ Where to Buy • Fair Trade Products“
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