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„The trees also hold the soil and water resources. Since most coffee is grown by small farmers we also encourage fair trade practices as the farmers are the true stewards of the land. Coffee, "the commodity of dialogue", serves as an excellent tool to begin a public discussion on the necessity of practicing economic sustainability. If we can convert to sustainably grown coffee we may able to apply sustainable practices to other commodities, as well.“
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„But for the majority of small coffee farmers, who live in rural communities in some of the poorest countries in the world, the benefits are small. The chain of events that leads from the farm to your cup is long and expensive: Processors, creditors, exporters, brokers, and a cast of middlemen — known to Latin American farmers as “coyotes” — can all come between you and the farmers before you get to sip your morning brew. With world coffee prices constantly changing and “coyotes’ paying the lowest price possible, coffee farmers never know how much they’ll get for their crops. Isolated from markets, they struggle to make a simple living.“
http://www.equalexchange.com/intro/ eeintro2.html
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„But for the majority of small coffee farmers, the benefits are small. The chain of events that leads from the coffee farm to your cup is long and expensive, often leaving the farmer with very little to live on.“
http://www.equalexchange.com/interfaith/ucc.htm
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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide
„Fair Traded Coffee. Coffee that has been purchased from farmers (usually peasant farmers) at a "fair" price as defined by international agencies. The extra paid these farmers under fair trade arrangements is extremely modest, by the way. “
http://www.coffeereview.com/ glossary.cfm?alpha=f
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„In the world’s biggest coffee producing regions, there remain a select number of farmers that continue to grow coffee the same way they have for generations. Each coffee tree is planted and nurtured using only environmentally-friendly techniques, harvesting each crop by hand. The coffee from these farms is 100% organic and approved as such by the USDA. These techniques are used to make the three types of Melitta World Harvest Organic Coffees, including Morning Bliss (light roast), Enchanted Evening (dark roast), and Sun & Moon (blend of light and dark roasts).“
http://www.melitta.com/press_031604.html
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„Fair Trade coffee farmers got a big boost recently when Catholic Relief Services announced an initiative aimed at boosting sales of Fair Trade Certified coffee among the nation's 65 million Catholics. The partnership with Equal Exchange will encourage 19,000 Catholic parishes in the US to make a difference through education and purchasing. Click here for the write-up in USA Today.“
http://www.transfairusa.org/content/email/ ftbeat_dec.htm
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