Organic News Winter/Spring 1999

Organic News Winter/Spring 1999 ()

  „Nearly all coffee beans are imported from Third World countries, and of the world's production, beans from small farmers make up the vast majority. Yet, most small scale farmers are living in near poverty conditions. Mexico's premier coffee organization, Coordinadora Nacional de Organizaciones Cafetaleras, reports that, although coffee generated $658 million in Mexico last season and is the nation's number one export crop, a small grower's average annual income is only $650 in U.S. dollars.“

http://www.cooperativecoffees.com/about/news/ spr99organicnews.html - Cached

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Global Exchange : Difficult Times for Coffee Industry as Demand Falls Global Exchange : Difficult Times for Coffee Industry as Demand Falls

  „Vieira complains, is like shooting yourself in the foot. Because robusta beans have a harsher taste, consumers are being turned off, coffee farmers say. As a result, demand has fallen further, taking prices down with it. As a result, farmers have less cash to invest in maintaining the quality of their product.“

http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/ 1298.html - Cached

What Goes Up Might Come Down? What Goes Up Might Come Down?

  „Regarding that supply, both the planting and harvesting schedules chosen by coffee farmers will affect the availability of green beans in the marketplace. A tree planted by a farmer today will not yield a crop for another three to five years, so coffee growers have to be both agronomist and seer. It stands to reason that coffee growers want to plant only to the extent that their harvest will be a profitable one, so tracking the trends in coffee consumption as well as the global coffee yields become key considerations when deciding how much to plant.“

http://www.sallys-place.com/beverages/coffee/ whats_goes_up.htm - Cached

PR Coffee Crisis PR Coffee Crisis

  „The price for green coffee beans, the worlds most widely traded commodity after oil, has hit its lowest level in 100 years. For small farmers, who grow over half of the world’s crop, the situation has gone from difficult to catastrophic. A two-year slump in prices – from $1.45 in December 1999 to 45 cents today – has created an ongoing economic disaster in dozens of developing countries.“

http://www.equalexchange.com/news_info/ pr3.02v1.htm - Cached

Buying Green Coffee Beans Buying Green Coffee Beans

  „A great selection of green beans, including decaf and organic. Not just beans, but they also sell lots of equipment and gadgets.“

http://coffeetea.about.com/od/buygreenbeans/ - Cached


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