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„When buying coffee in the United States, consumers need to be sure they are buying a certified fair trade product. If your bag of coffee carries the label at right, it has been certified by TransFair USA , the only independent fair trade certifying agency in the US. The presence of this label means that every step involved in getting coffee from the crop to your cup has been monitored by this neutral third party certifier, ensuring the farmers really received a fair price for the coffee.“
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„Choosing Fair Trade Certified coffee, you touch the lives of over four million farming families who depend on coffee for their livelihood. Fair Trade Certified coffee: brimming with benefits Through Fair Trade, more than half a million farmers and their families are earning a better income for their hard work—allowing them to hold on to their land, keep their kids in school, and invest in the quality of their harvest—so they can continue to grow excellent quality coffee for your morning brew. Direct Trade: another perk of Fair Trade Today's historic lows in world coffee prices have created a crisis for millions of farmers around the world. Most small-scale family farmers live in remote locations, and are dependent on local middlemen (known as "coyotes" in Latin America) to purchase their coffee, often at a fraction of its worth.“
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Transfair USA | Press Releases
„"This is a tremendous opportunity to continue our growth and make our brand much more accessible to a broader market." The agreement will result in the largest distribution of Fair Trade Certified organically grown coffee products in North American grocery stores to date. Seattle's Best Coffee Fair Trade Certified Organic French Roast is harvested in the highlands of Southern Peru. The coffee is grown by a collection of small farms, which produce a rich, smooth, flavorful coffee. These farms produce coffee under canopies of various indigenous trees.“
http://www.transfairusa.org/content/about/ pr_010810.php
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Transfair USA | Press Releases
„and the National Wildlife Federation® today launched a joint effort to promote the benefits of shade-grown certified organic Fair Trade coffee to U.S. consumers. This partnership, announced to coincide with International Migratory Bird Day (May 10), will draw attention to the important link between shaded coffee habitat and the health and welfare of migratory birds of the Americas. To inaugurate this effort, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters® and the National Wildlife Federation have unveiled two co-branded shade-grown certified organic Fair Trade coffees that will be marketed by both organizations: Cafe Verde™ and Cafe Verde™ Decaf SWISS WATER® Process. These coffees are available at www.nwf.org/coffee, www.GreenMountainCoffee.com, and in the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters catalog.“
http://www.transfairusa.org/content/about/ pr_030507.php
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Global Exchange : Stark wants government to serve fair trade coffee
„Consumers can spot fair trade coffee by looking for the Fair Trade USA label on coffee containers. The certified labeling program, run by TransFair USA of Oakland, accounts for about 32 million pounds of coffee each year around the world.“
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Transfair USA | Fair Trade Overview
„The Fair Trade Certified label guarantees that farmers and workers received a fair price for their product. The Fair Trade price means that farmers can feed their families and that their children can go to school instead of working in the fields.“
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