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„Edmund LaMacchia, the national produce coordinator for Whole Foods, said Fair Trade is only one of many consumer choices, citing California Clean (a consortium of small family farms in California) and Earth University (an international agribusiness school in Costa Rica) as programs "that will really make a difference in our world." Whole Foods has its own team of inspectors and has no plans to carry Fair Trade products, Mr. LaMacchia said. "Our standards are higher than Fair Trade's, actually," he said.“
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Transfair USA | Fair Trade News
„Other products that could someday join the fair-trade list include spices, grains, sugar and fresh cut flowers, said Haven Bourque, director of marketing for Transfair USA, a nonprofit group in Oakland, Calif., that certifies fair-trade products.“
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„"The vast majority of consumers and citizens in this country sympathize with the underdog," said TransFair USA Chief Executive Officer Paul Rice. "If presented with a choice between coffee that helps people and coffee that doesn't, it's natural they would want to choose coffee that helps people."“
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„"I am delighted to know that our certified organic Fair Trade coffees will be made available in many of our nation's popular national parks and resorts," said Robert Stiller, president and CEO of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. "Together, Xanterra and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters will offer national park and resort visitors high-quality coffees that are making a positive difference in the environment and in the lives of many small-scale farmers and their families."Organic Fair Trade Certified™ coffee is the latest in a series of sustainable cuisine options available at many Xanterra parks & resorts.Two years ago, the company implemented a program to support sustainable fishing by placing a ban on serving certain kinds of seafood because of threats to either the fish species or the environment. The company will not serve Chilean Sea Bass (Patagonian Toothfish), Atlantic Swordfish, all species of Shark and Bluefin Tuna. Xanterra also recommends other species to guests if they are part of a wild population that is abundant enough to sustain fishing, there are low levels of wasted by-catch and the fish are caught or farmed in ways that minimize the impact to the environment.The company also uses "Conservation Beef," in selected restaurants.“
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„Through price incentives, farmers are encouraged to work toward organic production. "We will be 80 to 90 percent Fair Trade in a few weeks with 36 varieties of coffee and a new flavored offering," said David Levi owner of Java n' Jazz, a coffee shop in Union Square in Manhattan. If you want to purchase it off the shelf, at least one local supermarket, Fairway Market, also carries Fair Trade coffee. Mid-sized roaster and wholesaler Gillie's Coffee Co.“
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„There are also economic issues at play. Wood said there is an international coffee crisis. Farmers are getting such a small amount of money because of the huge supply of coffee. A bumper-crop year in Brazil and Colombia and the emergence of Vietnam as a coffee producer have flooded the market with coffee.“
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