Transfair USA | Fair Trade News (#)
„Coffee used in the church-based program is sold by a Canton, Mass.-based, for-profit worker-owned cooperative called Equal Exchange, which buys from small-scale farmer co-ops in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Parishes that want to purchase the coffee can contact the company or the groups involved in the effort, organizers said.“
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Equal Exchange - Fair Trade Coffee Project - Lutheran World Relief
„Erbin: Yes, Equal Exchange is a for-profit with a nonprofit mission, a worker-owned fair trade organization founded in 1986. In 1991 we became the first U.S. business to adopt internationally recognized fair trade standards as guiding principles.“
http://www.lwr.org/coffee/equal.asp
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„Even though Americans spend $13 billion a year on cocoa products, many small-scale family cocoa farmers face tremendous instability. They are often forced to sell their harvest to local middlemen who use rigged scales or misrepresent world prices. Recent media reports of child slavery on West African cocoa estates show the stark contrast between the delicious treat we enjoy and the often difficult working conditions of the people who produce it.“
http://www.transfairusa.org/content/certification/ cocoa_program.php
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Transfair USA | Press Releases
„The system benefits small-scale farmers and plantation workers. Fair Trade certification ensures that wages meet or exceed the legal minimum wage and that child labor laws are adhered to. These minimum prices vary by country and organic status, and are designed to cover the costs of sustainable production and provide a decent standard of living for farming families. In Fair Trade, small-scale Fair Trade producers are organized into democratically run cooperatives and receive a fair price for their crop, no matter how low the market price falls.“
http://www.transfairusa.org/content/about/ pr_040122.php
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„They set up what were known as World Shops in Europe and North America. Parallel to the ATOs, a new group of entrepreneurs also arose and created for-profit companies that were driven by the principles of Fair Trade. This latter type of company was and is particularly common in Canada.“
http://www.transfair.ca/en/fairtrade/history/
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