Transfair USA | Fair Trade News (#)
„Free-market advocates disagree. They don't believe the artificial prices set on Fair Trade coffee will dramatically reshape the industry and buying habits of most coffee drinkers.“
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Transfair USA | Fair Trade News
„"Many specialty coffee drinkers are associating the producer and his or her welfare with good coffee. When you look at the extensive activism and education [surrounding] fair trade that's [occurring] on campuses nationwide, you can see that the next generation of customers for the specialty industry is going to be even more educated, more interested and more supportive of fair-trade than the current one-which is saying a lot," says Rodney North, head of public relations for Equal Exchange.“
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Transfair USA | Press Releases
„Fair Trade Certified Coffee, currently sourced from 22 different countries, means quality--for coffee drinkers, farmers and the environment. "It is only fair that the farmers that grow the beans that supply the world's booming coffee market be able to share in the profits they've rightly earned," Stark said. "Its an atrocity that so many small farmers are being ripped off by corrupt coffee brokers and forced to live in poverty." Evidence of the urgency of the current crisis in coffee growing communities was expressed in a recent Wall Street Journal story dated July 8, 2002: "In lush coffee-growing regions from Central America to Africa, the collapse of world coffee prices is contributing to societal meltdowns affecting an estimated 125 million people, [resulting in] a combustible brew of unemployment, hunger and migration. Whole rural communities are disappearing." Stark's Resolution states, "In the context of the global economy, consumer choices affect communities and the environment throughout the world." Based on the 2001 National Coffee Association study, American coffee drinkers have the largest opportunity to effect these changes.“
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Tea & Coffee 08/02 - Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Certified Tea in the U.S.
„To find out more about Fair Trade tea, call TransFair USA at (1)(510) 663-5260 or e-mail info@transfairusa.org .“
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Global Exchange : 100% Fair Trade Companies
„Listings including non-100% companies, manufacturers, importers, and processors: TransFairUSA. Retailer listings: TransFair USA, Fair Trade Federation. Order on-linefrom company web sites or“
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„Recently, thanks in part to the encouragement of TransFair USA*, the independent non-profit that monitors and certifies fair trade coffee, various small and large companies have agreed to follow Equal Exchange’s example and adhere to these rules for at least a portion of their product line. This marks a major shift towards reform in the $3 billion US specialty coffee industry, which could become a model for other sectors, such as textiles and sneakers, that are still looking for viable solutions to sweatshop conditions. This new period in the industry is being celebrated this Sunday, from noon to 3 p.m.“
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