Global Exchange : bingham0899.html (#)

  „Recently the impact of coffee growing on the environment has been much debated in the specialty-coffee industry, with labels such as Song Bird Coffee and Sanctuary Coffees surfacing in the market. The movement shows promise for one simple, market-driven reason: it asserts that people can have their coffee just the way they like it and also save the rain forest. Indeed, some believe that Americans' growing taste for fine coffee could help to reverse an agricultural fiasco that has turned one of the world's most benign crops into an enemy of the environment.“

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Global Exchange : ap101001.html

  „P&G, an industry leader with $1 billion in annual coffee sales through its Folgers brand, says its operations in coffee-producing countries have raised millions of dollars to support education programs, build or remodel schools and donate computers to schools. The company produces coffee in countries ranging from Brazil, Venezuela and Mexico to Thailand and China.“

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Global Exchange : bostonglobe072901.html

  „If farmers object, the middlemen simply turn elsewhere. If coffee is too expensive in one country, buyers simply turn to another.“

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Global Exchange : ap092400.html

  „The coffee will sell for $11.45 a bag. Peet's has already started selling its own line of fair trade coffee for $10.95. Equal Exchange sells its coffee for $8.99. Equal Exchange is the only company at which 100 percent of the coffee meets fair trade standards.“

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Global Exchange : djletter.html

  „Consumers should look for the "Fair Trade Certified" label on coffee packages and bin cards. If it isn't there, ask your local coffeehouse and grocery store to get Fair Trade coffee on the shelves.“

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