Amazon.com: Books: Online Communities: Commerce, Community Action, and the Virtual University (#)

„As part of their studies of the use of online communities, several authors also examine the practical implications of the metaphors and rhetorical strategies that are commonly used to talk about them.Online communities are an international phenomenon, and this book has a truly international perspective. There are chapters by authors in New Zealand, the United States, France, Great Britain, Canada, Mexico, and Italy, and the chapter of interviews with staff of Oxfam GB mentions uses of the Internet in Mali, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Brazil, Nicaragua, Bosnia, and Albania, among other places. Much of the literature on online communities has tended to look only at the United States-or at best, only in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and Australia. This book's chapters about the work of Oxfam and about Red Escolar in Mexico give evidence that some of the most interesting developments, both potentially and actually, are outside these regions.“

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Transfair USA | Press Releases (#)

„"It's critical that key industry retailers embrace the Fair Trade model and acknowledge the important role they can play to help solve the current crisis of low prices driving coffee farmers out of business. Dunkin' Donuts is setting an excellent industry example with this move." Oxfam America President Raymond C. Offenheiser added, "Oxfam is proud to salute Dunkin' Donuts in their decision to sell and promote fair trade certified coffee - a commitment that will benefit the many coffee growers facing hardship while also providing a superior cup of coffee to consumers." Oxfam is a humanitarian agency that works in most coffee producing countries. "The decision to buy Fair Trade Certified coffee is making an important and tangible difference in people's lives.“

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Global Exchange : US Plans to Rejoin International Coffee Organization (#)

„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. The US government's involvement with the ICO could help strengthen international efforts to alleviate that problem, said Seth Petchers, Coffee Program Coordinator for Oxfam America. As the largest coffee importing nation in the world, representing about a quarter of the world's consumption, the US can push for quality improvement programs, direct market access, and diversification initiatives, which could help increase the price that family farmers receive. "Coffee plays a crucial role in the economic health of communities in poor countries all over the world," Petchers said.“

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CRS Fair Trade (#)

„Oxfam America is a Boston-based international development and relief agency and an affiliate of Oxfam International. Working with local partners, Oxfam delivers development programs and emergency relief services, and campaigns for change in global practices and policies that keep people in poverty. Oxfam America is also a leader in the Fair Trade movement whose report “Mugged” exposed the profound injustices in the structure of the conventional coffee trade and proposed a coherent agenda for change. For Oxfam's guide to Fair Trade community organizing, click here .“

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Shade Coffee at the Altar of Sacrifice (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„The charity argues that the companies make huge profits while farmers receive only 5% of the retail price. "They know there is terrible human suffering at the heart of their business and yet they do virtually nothing to help," said Oxfam’s campaigns director Adrian Lovett. Oxfam wants governments and business leaders to change practices to reverse the current situation of supply far-exceeding demand. It suggests they trade only in quality coffee, pay farmers a decent price and back ICO attempts to rectify the problem 'Stunning policy failure' Oxfam estimates 8% more coffee is produced than necessary every year, causing a slump in export prices.“

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Fairtrade | Publications | Fair Comment | Autumn 1999 (#)

„All of this shares the aim of bringing Fairtrade to more people, both shoppers and farmers, in the new millennium - and we can't do this without your help! Supporters of CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam, People & Planet, Tearfund, Traidcraft, WDM and the WI will be invited to display posters, solicit pledges, organise events and distribute samples to spread the word during the Fortnight. A Fairtrade Fortnight action pack, action flyer, and details of other resources, will be available in mid-December. To order, call 020 7405 5942, or e-mail fortnight@fairtrade.org.uk for further information.“

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Tea & Coffee 01/03 - World News (#)

„“Oxfam applauds both the House and the Senate for taking this critical step on the road to comprehensive legislation that could effectively combat this world-wide calamity,” stated Raymond C. Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America. “Oxfam looks forward to more concrete and meaningful legislation in the next session of Congress that will improve the livelihoods of over 25 million coffee farmers and their families now facing economic ruin.” Senate Resolution 368 was championed by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) with backing from original co-sponsors Senators Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and Arlen Specter (R-PA).“

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Global Exchange : DEVELOPMENT: Agricultural Subsidies Lock-In Coffee Farmers - Report (#)

„Some civil society groups have responded by pressuring roasters in rich nations. In September 2002, Oxfam launched its 'Coffee Rescue Plan', which called on the world's major coffee roasters -- including Kraft Foods, Nestle, Procter & Gamble and Sara Lee -- to increase the market for Fair Trade coffee, bring the current oversupply of coffee back into line with demand, and to help ensure that farmers are able to earn a decent living. The report predicts the situation will likely improve because of long-term historic cycles that will lead to supply eventually aligning more closely with market demand, so that prices will recover somewhat. But it warns that a price recovery would only be temporary.“

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TransFair Canada: National Fair Trade Week Launch (#)

„TransFair Canada acknowledges the participation and involvement of their fair trade partners in National Fair Trade Week: CIDA, Oxfam Canada, Oxfam-Québec, Equiterre, La Siembra Cooperative, Péri Dar, Bean Fair, Bridgehead, CECI, SLAM, Plan Nagua, Just Us! Coffee Roasters, Planet Bean, Cameron’s Coffee, Mio Frio, local stores of Ten Thousand Villages and many more. For more information on activities being held during National Fair Trade Week, visit our website at: www.transfair.ca (see National Fair Trade Week section) or call Chantal Havard, Public Education Coordinator, at (613) 563-3351, ext.22.“

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Global Exchange : There's a new cause brewing on campuses (#)

„But proponents of fair trade -- a system that pays farmers at least $1.26 per pound, or $1.41 for organic coffee -- say that still falls short of the 80 cents a pound it costs small-scale farmers to produce gourmet beans. According to Oxfam, a "coffee crisis" affects 25 million coffee-growing families in more than 50 countries, from Mexico to Ethiopia. In Latin America, where non-fair-trade farmers end up with an average of 20 cents per pound after paying brokers known as "coyotes," Oxfam says the crisis compels growers to abandon their farms and contributes to poverty and malnutrition in coffee-growing communities.“

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Tea & Coffee 12/02 - Peeling Back The Layers of Global Sustainability (cont.) (#)

„Rick Peyser, SCAA Board member and Chair, SCAA Sustainable Committee, has been working with his company, Green Mountain Roasters on several relationship projects. Stewardship coffees, Coffee Kids (he is currently the president), and Oxfam to name a few, are commitments that express Green Mountain’s commitment to educating the industry and consumers while searching for sustainable solutions. Peyser concurred that everyone in the industry agrees that the current crisis demands a broad-based solution. “Fair Trade, by itself, isn’t enough; improving quality, by itself, isn’t enough; eliminating trade barriers, by itself, isn’t enough,” he said.“

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BSCA - News (#)

„It is like calling French wine Marseilles or Le Havre after the port that it is shipped from. Santos is a common term for bulk commodity grade natural that Brazil produces in huge volume for the multinational roasting giants - you know, the guys in the Oxfam report for whom coffee is one of thousands of brands in the portfolio. Santos is bulked together from farms all over Brazil, and cannot be traced back to individual growers any more than vin de table can be traced to any particular vineyard. Santos (or Swedish or 3/4 mtgb) is the definition of industrial coffee.“

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Full Article (#)

„Oxfam and the Coffee Association of Canada have seen the distress of coffee communities up close. Oxfam has supported development projects in coffee regions for many years. Many Coffee Aassociation members -- - roasters, retailers and suppliers --to the coffee industry - lend a hand there too, helping growers enhance income through quality improvement initiatives. And the association is supporting an industry-wide initiative to examine the root causes of the current situation and create structures to prevent any reoccurrence.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„Coffee production is in deep crisis. Coffee farmers worldwide are suffering from low prices, the lowest in 30 years, reports Oxfam in their recent study, Bitter Coffee: How the Poor are Paying for the Slump in Coffee Prices. Producers in developing countries are suffering not just from low prices generated by oversupply, but from an increasingly unequal distribution of the wealth generated by the coffee trade. In fact, out of the $55 billion generated by the sale of coffee, those countries that produce the beans receive only $8 billion (International Coffee Organization).“

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Participation and (PRSP) Poverty Reduction (#)

„But even the Ministry of Finance, which is a good ministry, had had to employ consultant to draft the interim PRSP due to the serious problem of government capacity. 2.5 Vietnam (OXFAM) Vietnam have produced an excellent Participatory Poverty assessment (PPA) document, with the help of the World bank and the international NGOs - but the Vietnamese government are not planning a participatory PRSP process. And the World Bank had produced a strategy paper on economic take-off that ignored the link to poverty. Bolivia There has been a need to produce the PRSP quickly.“

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Transfair USA | Fair Trade Links (#)

„Oxfam America www.oxfamamerica.org Oxfam America is dedicated to creating lasting solutions to hunger, poverty, and social injustice through long-term partnerships with impoverished communities around the world. Oxfam’s web site contains information on the Fair Trade Coffee Campaign, including profiles on coffee-growing cooperatives and information for activists.“

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GREEN Unroasted COFFEE Home Coffee Roasting- Sweet Maria's Web Log (#)

„The recent Oxfam International report on the world coffee market and the effect of abysmal prices paid to farmers is the first study to make an accurate survey of the situation and suggest a course of action. To read their press release, click here . But you really need to download the full report (a PDF file) to adequately understand the situation. Also, take time to read Kraft and Nestle's responses to the indictments against the "big 4" coffee companies...they also make some good points.“

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Transfair USA | Fair Trade News (#)

„"The more knowledgeable students are about the myths and facts of fair trade, the stronger their campaign and the better their chances for success." Many organizations work primarily to educate students on the benefits of fair-trade coffee. USFT is one example; Oxfam and Global Exchange, are two more. "[Global Exchange] creates training materials so students know how to win a campaign on campus. We also tour producers and speak to college students on college campuses," Orth says.“

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Tea & Coffee 02/03 - Bear Market Boomerang in Coffee (#)

„Oxfam International, made up of 12 organizations that work, in part, to ease poverty in the world, has issued a Coffee Rescue Plan. It includes proposals to destroy surplus coffee stocks, promoting trade only in quality coffee, paying farmers a fair price for their beans and creating a fund for farmers so that they can develop alternate means for making a living. You can read the full text of the 56-page Oxfam report Mugged: Poverty In Your Cup at www.oxfam.org.“

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Sweet Maria's Small But Important Donation Program (#)

„The recent Oxfam International report on the world coffee market and the effect of abysimal prices paid to farmers is the first study to make an accurate survey of the situation and suggest a course of action. To read their press release, click here . But you really need to download the full report (a PDF file) to adequately understand the situation. Also, take time to read Kraft and Nestle's responses to the indictments against the "big 4" coffee companies...they also make some good points.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„Nestlé's offer to help stabilise the collapsing coffee market may have a strong element of self-interest about it - not least an adverse report about to be published by Oxfam - but it is welcome nonetheless. World coffee prices have crashed by more than 60% during the past decade, with most of the benefit going not to consumers but to swell the profits of corporations such as Kraft and Nestlé. The pain has been felt by the 20 million households in the 50 developing countries that grow the beans, often as their major or only source of income.“

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Fairtrade | News | Press Release (#)

„The Fairtrade Foundation certifies and promotes Fairtrade. It was set up in the early 1990s by agencies including Cafod, Christian Aid, Oxfam, Traidcraft Exchange and the World Development Movement to respond to the human consequences of collapsing world commodity prices. The first FAIRTRADE Mark product, Green and Black’s Maya Gold Chocolate, appeared on supermarket shelves in 1994; Cafédirect Coffee and Clipper Tea followed soon after.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„LONG BEACH, CA - The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) supports the efforts of Oxfam International to raise awareness of the social, environmental, and economic impacts of the current crisis on coffee farmers world-wide. The long-term viability of the specialty coffee industry is dependent upon the sustainability of those who produce high-quality coffee. For this reason, it is in the best interest of specialty coffee roasters and retailers to build long-term relationships that provide fair prices to coffee producers.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Advocacy for Social Justice: A Global Action and Reflection Guide (#)

„Advocacy for Social Justice is a direct and interactive response to this growing need. Based on a legacy of experience from the Advocacy Institute and Oxfam America, this volume is the first comprehensive guide for worldwide social and economic justice advocates. Intended for the practitioner, trainer, teacher and student of activism, it explores the elements of advocacy and offers a toolkit for taking action, comprehensive case studies, as well as hundreds of resource listings.“

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PR Fair Trade Pioneers 9/00 (#)

„This new period in the industry is being celebrated this Sunday, from noon to 3 p.m. on Boston Common at the "Fair Trade Festival" organized by Transfair USA and Oxfam America**. Oxfam, an international development non-profit organization, based in Boston, is now helping to raise awareness of the availability of fair trade coffee in New England, the most developed fair trade market in the country.“

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Fairtrade | News | Press Release (#)

„If your sweetheart appreciates the finer things in life, pamper them with delicious Fairtrade Belgian Chocolates from Oxfam and Traidcraft. Oxfam Fairtrade Belgian Chocolates are available from Oxfam and Traidcraft Belgian Finest Selection are available from www.traidcraftshop.co.uk .“

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CoffeeGeek - Coffee companies under fire as millions face ruin (#)

„The “Big Four Roasters” are extremely profitable, with margins estimated at between 17% to 26% on billion-dollar coffee sales. However, Oxfam says their business strategy is increasingly risky. Coffee quality is falling because farmers don’t have the money to take care of their crops. The companies have made savings but have done next to nothing to help the poor farmers who find themselves at the wrong end of the corporate supply chain.“

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Global Exchange : Oxfam: Kraft Foods Refutes Accountability and Shows Lack of Leadership in Addressing Global Coffee Crisis Affecting 25 Million Coffee Farmers (#)

„EAST HANOVER, NJ - During yesterday's Annual General Meeting of shareholders, Kraft Foods- one of the world's two largest coffee companies which retails such coffee brands as Maxwell House and Gevalia, was the focus of actions around the world by Oxfam supporters. Oxfam is asking Kraft to address the poverty of the 25 million coffee farmers facing ruin from the global coffee crisis.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„But Vietnam's coffee growers say their fate is changing thanks, in part, to a campaign by Oxfam America. Oxfam is calling for the adoption of a new plan put forward by the International Coffee Organization to take some lower-grade beans off the market, and for the top four coffee-roasting multinationals, which dominate the world market, to pay a fair price for the beans.“

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India coffee - Indiacoffee News headlines- Falling Int'l Prices Hit Coffee Growers In Developing Nations' Oxfam study says (#)

„The Oxfam study says that the fall in global coffee prices has resulted in losses far Outweighing the benefits of aid and debt relief in developing and least developed countries. Particularly, the poor households have suffered hardship. Farmers in Tanzania, southern Mexico and Haiti reduced their general consumption, took their children out of school and are facing extreme difficulties in meeting health costs.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Bolivia (Oxfam Country Profiles) (#)

„Normally, 'Oxfam Country Profiles are enticing, enlightening and well worth the price of the purchase - not this one. This Oxfam Profile doesn't live up to the engaging style, nor the insight, of other Oxfam Country Profiles that I have read; such as John Crabtree's - Peru (see my review).“

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Tea & Coffee 06/04 - World News (#)

„The fair trade café concept originated from discussions between Oxfam and La Central in Honduras, one of the three co-operatives that will supply the cafes. La Central and the second supplier, Oromia from Ethiopia, are members of Progreso - a group of 11 coffee co-operatives in seven countries working together to develop sales. The other coffee supplier will be KPTO in Indonesia.“

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Tea & Coffee 12/02 - Industry Forecast (#)

„In respect to green bean production, I can only foresee misery and heartache for those growers producing Robusta, and for those producing Arabica for the multinationals. I would like more scope to explain - I tend to agree with Oxfam’s argument, but not their solution to the problem.” - George Sabados, president Austral Asian Specialty Coffee Association, Australia“

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Get Involved! (#)

„Some of them we have worked with for years and know well. For example, we first collaborated with Oxfam America in 1992 during our shared efforts to assist coffee farmers in the wake of the Salvadoran civil war. Other groups we have come to know and trust through our Interfaith Program, such as Lutheran World Relief, and the United Methodist Committee on Relief.“

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India coffee - Indiacoffee News headlines- Coffee's cup of woe (#)

„The key, however, could be more effective linkage between growers and manufacturers. Oxfam had talked about trans-national companies reaping the benefit of lower sourcing prices while growers suffer. The flip side to that is growers demanding their price and getting it during the boom years. Growers and manufacturers have to learn to work together.“

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India coffee - India coffee News headlines- Coffee mugged, RAGHU KRISHNAN. (#)

„The international NGO Oxfam has periodically brought out studies stating that even while growers' realisations have dropped over the last few years, the coffee-manufacturing TNCs (the world trade is dominated by four trans-national companies) have taken full advantage of the cheaper price of coffee beans to shore up their bottom line.“

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CoffeeGeek - Regional: Australia, New Zealand and Asia, Fair trade? (#)

„If I were you I would go to the roasters and ask them where they get their beans from. remember Fairtrade is a brand which means you have to be certified to use the word (it also means loads of fairly traded coffee gets less support because there are only so many people Oxfam can help in the world)“

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CoffeeGeek - Coffee: General Discussion, NEWS: Amid latte, mocha craze, coffee growers go hungry in Paradise (#)

„According to a report released Wednesday by the international relief agency Oxfam, real prices at their lowest in 100 years and a glut of low-quality beans have left 25 million coffee farmers in crisis. Many families around the world are going hungry while banks dependent on the industry collapse.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„But the tide of expensive lattes has not lifted all boats. North America's morning Joe sits atop a growing crisis, according to Oxfam America, which has just released a report entitled "Mugged: Poverty in Your Coffee Cup," detailing the scope of the global coffee crisis.“

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View topic - NPR Story on Coffee Growers Strife in Central, South America - Coffee Forum (#)

„If everyone in the supply chain were benefiting this would not matter. As it is, with farmers getting a price that is below the costs of production, the companies' booming business is being paid for by some of the poorest people in the world,' says a recent Oxfam report.“

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BSCA - News (#)

„Since 2000, about 140 coffee companies have started offering fair-trade blends through 10,000 outlets in the United States, according to a recent report by Oxfam, a private charity concerned with fighting poverty.“

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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Oxfam warns of tsunami cash delay (#)

„ Oxfam “

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Notes 3, El Salvador Earthquake, 1/01 (#)

„Oxfam America was Equal Exchange's partner in developing its "Cafe Salvador" program and continues to be an ally in sustainable development and fair trade.“

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View topic - Fair Trade Coffee - Coffee Forum (#)

„If you check out the Oxfam site, they keep pretty close tabs on the big coffee companies, including Kraft and their sub'y Gevalia.“

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TransFair Canada: Resources, Reports & Links (#)

„The Coffee Report; Mugged: Poverty in your coffee cup Oxfam International, 2002. Available in both English and French“

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Café de Colombia - Colombian Coffee News (#)

„Colombian Coffee Federation Welcomes Oxfam Coffee Crisis Report “

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CoffeeGeek - So You Say There's a Coffee Crisis (#)

„US Coffee Groups Dispute Oxfam on Poor Farmers , Reuters, September 26, 2002.“

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