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  Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com: Perhaps one of the greatest statements on Fair Trade’s shortcomings came this year from Chicago’s Intelligentsia, one of America’s premiere specialty coffee roasters and home to the 2006 U.S. Barista Champion. Intelligentsia found enough problems and inconsistencies with Fair Trade that they opted to define and pursue their own alternative certification system, called Intelligensia Direct Trade™, and no longer do business with Fair Trade. (via Cosmos)

Blogging Stocks: But, with the sheer quantity needed to supply all these Wal-Mart stores, organic produce and food suppliers are going to have to transform the entire industry to take on this new super-challenge. You have more fields, you invest in three to four times as much property -- which in organic produce-producing California is not cheap -- and these organic foods suppliers suddenly are "betting the farm" on the long-term sustainability of Wal-Mart carrying and growing the organic segment for a long time. (via Cosmos)

Ms. Adventures in Italy: cheese concoction, I decided to not stop just at one cheese, but use three! I actually am lucky enough to have in my possession a big block of medium sharp Wisconsin cheddar from the States that I smuggled over in August, and finally decided it was time to break the seal and open it. (via Cosmos)

  Ms. Sizzle Says: I woke up this morning thinking we have never met, I have no idea what she looks like (other than the pictures you post), hell I don't even know her real name. (I kept calling you Siz in the dream) But I guess from reading your blog my subconscious thinks we'd be good friends. (via Cosmos)

Blogging Stocks: It is unclear how deeply the New York pressure against trans fatty acids and hydrogenated oils is going to affect our dietary and investment landscape. Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) sure jumped up in a hurry to change its ways and KFC a division of Yum Brands (NYSE:YUM), dropped its trans fat ingredients shortly after it was legally taken to task about them. (via Cosmos)

great resource directory: Search by Keyword, Tradition, or Country ”¦ Amnesty International Campaigns for human rights worldwide. VOA News Offers international news and information in a variety of languages, with streaming audio and video. (via Cosmos)

  Coffee and Conservation: Davids discusses what inexpensive coffees mean to farmers, even the theoretically beneficial types like the Rainforest Alliance certified Yuban blend (which I discussed in depth here). He notes, "mainstream supermarket coffees generally fail to provide much option for those of us who want to recognize and reward coffee growers as our colleagues rather than exploit them as unacknowledged drones in the vast global commodity hive." (via Cosmos)

thefixchicks.com: Remembering my admiration of the Senseo, I finally did a little digging and was 1) pleasantly surprised to learn that the Senseo coffeemakers are not brand-proprietary when it comes to coffee, and 2) overjoyed to find a huge selection of compatible coffee pods. In fact, I quickly learned that there is a whole online world devoted to single-serve coffee (SSC) in general. (via Cosmos)

  businessytd.com: Grow a garden - how much fuel does it cost to transport food? Buy an Oil Company - instead of complaining about all the money that oil companies are making, buy shares in the company. (via Cosmos)

  That Crazy Kid, The Okcitykid said what! - Bravenet Blog: Concerning the surge that has gone from 30,000 to now 3,000, it is explained very well in this Christian Science Monitor Article, it won't work unless we sit down with al-Sadr, and if you can't do this, then bring our troops home and stop waisting our blood and money on fruitless endevors. You can't have peace until you are willing to make peace. (via Cosmos)

[Blog.fairtradenyc.org] Please visit www.fairtradenyc.org to view the New York City Fair ...: The market for Fair Trade Certifiedâ™ coffee has grown by an average of over 70% each year since 1999. Fair trade coffee is available from over 400 coffee companies at 20,000 retail locations across the country””a sign that consumers are making their voices heard.

[Paosborne.com] a view through my own eyes :: FairTaste: Anyway the point I am trying to make, is that I feel for the Sri Lankan tea growers, the Columbian Coffee harvesters etc as they do need to make a living and through the FairTrade system they can and do, do so. But whilst the coffee (and tea for that matter) to be blunt continues to tastes appauling I am not going to drink it.

 [Thesneeze.com] The Sneeze - Half zine. Half blog. Half not good with fractions.: I'd have to agree with the poster about 10 posts up...I like Starbucks coffee (actually, their beans, because the coffee is just too damned confusing to order), but the one thing that I absolutely CANNOT order there is a frappuchino. I don't know what kind of chemicals they put in there, but I know if I ever need a case of explosive diarrhea, just add Frappuchino.

[Blog.qiken.org] Letters of Marque: Our System of Governance: A Primer: It really has become the McDonalds of coffee. the same_ at shops all over the country and not have it taste mass produced, which of course it is.

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