Global Exchange : 445.html

Global Exchange : 445.html ()

  „"The Oxfam scheme is positive, as it truly reflects the current coffee-market situation, taking into account the livelihoods of farmers and producers," he said, adding that Vietnamese coffee growers have heartily welcomed the scheme. For farmers who have made the switch from farming low-grade robusta beans to high-grade, high-yield arabica, the investment is now beginning to pay off. But for many others who still farm low-grade beans, the pickup in prices has some distance to go before they see their fortunes turn around.“

http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/ 445.html - Cached

See Technorati for links to this site, see Alexa for related sites and search this website for ›Vietnamese Coffee‹.

Some slightly related:

It's All About Coffee It's All About Coffee

  „HO CHI MINH CITY - The improvement in the prices of coffee beans is giving hope to Vietnamese farmers who have suffered steady losses over the last five years. Coffee growers faced lean times last year as oversupply on world markets saw prices plunge.“

http://www.aboutcoffee.net/ 2002_10_06_bcearc.html - Cached

index index

  „“I was always too small to buy directly from growers,” said Dean Cycon, owner of Dean’s Beans and member of Cooperative Coffees, who has helped start five other roasting businesses and intends to keep his business small. “I don’t want to be the Ben & Jerry’s of coffee.” Cooperative Coffees allows Cycon to stay committed to his personal business philosophy and still know whom he is buying from. “It’s all about eye-ball to eye-ball respect between people doing business.”“

http://www.cooperativecoffees.com/about/news/ ncbajournal1201.htm - Cached

Global Exchange : examiner060899.html Global Exchange : examiner060899.html

  „"While it still only makes up a small percentage of the coffee sold, organic coffee is the fastest growing segment of the coffee market and is growing by about 18 to 20 percent a year," said Dave Griswold, owner of Emeryville's organic coffee bean wholesaler Sustainable Harvest.“

http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/ examiner060899.html - Cached


Archived in Vietnamese Coffee