Global Exchange : US Plans to Rejoin International Coffee Organization (#)
„In a move praised around the world by coffee farmer advocates and coffee consuming countries alike, the United States government announced its intention to rejoin the International Coffee Organization, the international forum for coffee trade policy and production. About 25 million farmers depend on coffee crops to feed their families. But plummeting coffee prices have created a global humanitarian crisis where farmers in poor countries sell their coffee beans for much less than they spend to harvest them, creating increased poverty, hunger, and dislocation in 50 coffee-growing countries.“
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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide
„Some of the extra money paid by coffee lovers for Fair-Trade coffees is used to promote the Fair-Trade principle in consuming countries, but most of the premium reaches the farmers directly. Almost all Fair-Trade coffees are also certified organically grown and many are shade-grown. Therefore, buying a Fair-Trade coffee probably is the concerned coffee drinker's most impeccably progressive choice.“
http://www.coffeereview.com/ reference.cfm?id=100
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„Increased consumption of fruit punch was also associated with greater weight gain compared with decreased consumption. After adjustment for potential confounders, women consuming 1 or more sugar-sweetened soft drinks per day had a relative risk [RR] of type 2 diabetes of 1.83 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.42-2.36; P“
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/292/8/ 927
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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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„"Funny, the poor south American farmer is not being taken advantage of by the north American coffee drinker, they are being taken by poor Asian coffee farmers backed by the countries government."“
http://www.coffeeforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=586
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TransFair Canada: Farmer Stories
„Around the world, coffee is a very important product. Everyone drinks coffee. But the prices in the world market for coffee have been very low in recent years. This means the coffee farmers have been receiving less and less money every year.“
http://www.transfair.ca/en/education/primary/stories/
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