TransFair Canada: Chocolate Tasting & Photo Op (#)
„Abel Fernandez, Dominican Republic cocoa farmer cooperative representative will urge more Canadian consumers to buy, and more retailers to carry Fair Trade Certified products at the launch of National Fair Trade Week in Ottawa on Monday. The event is organized by TransFair Canada, which issues licenses for sale of Fair Trade products. It will feature tasting of Fair Trade chocolate, the latest Fair Trade product line to become available in Canada.“
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TransFair Canada: Fair Trade Certified Products: What's New?
„Chocolate and other cocoa products are increasingly making their way onto supermarket shelves and into the stomachs of consumers. Fair Trade Certified tea and sugar are becoming increasingly available and in demand across the country. But did you know that you can also play sports while supporting fair trade? And eat refreshing ice cream that directly helps the producers?“
http://www.transfair.ca/en/equitable/2005/winter/whatsnew/
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„From the farmer to you Through Fair Trade, more than 42,000 cocoa farmers in West Africa, the Carribean and Central and South America are earning a decent price for their high quality crop. The Fair Trade Certified™ label on your hot cocoa and Fair Trade Certified chocolate bar is your guarantee that your purchase is directly benefiting cocoa farmers and their families thousands of miles away.“
http://www.transfairusa.org/content/shop/ chocolate.php
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PR Distribution through United Natural Foods
„Equal Exchange's cocoa products from farmer cooperatives in the Dominican Republic give Americans an immediate, positive way to respond to the reports of chronic poverty, exploited child labor and slavery on cocoa farms in West Africa - the origin of 70% of the world’s cocoa. Even though Americans spend $13 billion a year on cocoa products, low prices paid to farmers have kept them poor, vulnerable and desperate. Thanks to recent pressure the cocoa industry has begun to study the labor problem, but it will not produce voluntary standards for cocoa trading until 2005. Equal Exchange’s cocoa products enable consumers to support a more sustainable and just cocoa economy today.“
http://www.equalexchange.com/news_info/ pr9.3.03.htm
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TransFair Canada: What's Fair?
„The farmers and businesspeople who want to work with the Fair Trade system agree to do business by the rules. When cocoa is sold and a chocolate bar has been made according to the Fair Trade rules, it gets to have a logo on it, like this:“
http://www.transfair.ca/en/education/primary/whatsfair/
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TransFair Canada: Fair Trade Certified Products
„La Siembra Cooperative is one of Canada's leading Fair Trade companies. Its chocolate bars, baking cocoa, hot chocolate mixes and sugar are known under the brand name of Cocoa Camino.“
http://www.transfair.ca/en/products/ ?licensee=1421
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