Organic News Winter/Spring 1999 (#)
„Through fair trade, the chain of intermediaries is broken and the payment is more direct: small farmer / farmers' cooperative / coffee company / store / consumer. The guaranteed payment ($1.26/lb) is established to not only cover the cost of production, but to create a profit. Included in the purchase price is a premium that the co-op must use to directly benefit the community.“
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„Equal Exchange’s partners are small farmer co-ops that are governed by the farmers themselves. They are dedicated to the equitable distribution of income and the provision of other services, such as healthcare and education.“
http://www.equalexchange.com/intro/ eeintro5.html
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„Little did he know he would be constructing homes for coffee farmers. "We were digging a foundation for a farmer on the side of a hill when we accidentally covered a coffee plant with fill dirt," Harris recalls. "The farmer got so upset that when we covered the second plant, he stopped the work, and for an hour and a half, he explained how important these coffee plants were. He allowed us to continue working once we promised that we would not cover any more of his coffee plants." Struck by how much the plants meant to the farmer, it dawned on Harris that the trip, ostensibly about building houses, was turning out to be about coffee.“
http://www.cooperativecoffees.com/about/news/ 402freshcup.html
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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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Earth Day and Coffee (INeedCoffee.com)
„This keeps the good small farmer from being squeezed out by the large plantations, and allows small farmers to provide for their families. Look for the Fair Trade Certification on coffees in your local shop, or visit Fair Trade USA at www.fairtradeusa.org to learn more about their organization.“
http://www.ineedcoffee.com/01/06/earth/
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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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