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„"Fair trade lets farmers stay on their land in a natural eco-system," explained Haven Bourque, marketing director for TransFair USA, an Oakland, Calif.-based independent certifier of fair trade practices for products coming into the United States. Fair trade products are generally also certified organic, as they are probably grown without pesticides using traditional methods that protect native trees and birds.“
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Global Exchange : Kraft, activist groups still differ on 'fair-trade' coffee
„"We appreciate efforts on the part of industry to help coffee farmers," said spokeswoman Haven Bourque of Trans Fair USA, an Oakland, Calif.-based nonprofit that certifies fair-trade coffee. "But we have to be aware that the farmers need the strictest standards in order to make a difference in their daily lives."“
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„Starbucks Coffee, along with Chicago-based Bank One and Foster City, Calif.-based Visa U.S.A. launched the Starbucks Card Duetto Visa. The first-of-its-kind payment card blends Visa credit card functionality with the re-loadable Starbucks Card, offering Starbucks customers the power to pay, reload, earn and redeem rewards conveniently with one card.“
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Transfair USA | Press Releases
„Press Releases 9/25/00 Starbucks Coffee Company Brings Fair Trade Certified Coffee to Retail Stores Through TransFair USA Alliance SEATTLE / OAKLAND, Calif.; September 25, 2000 ÑStarbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) will begin offering Fair Trade certified coffee through its extensive network of more than 2,300 company-owned retail stores in the United States on October 4. Additionally, beginning October 23, Starbucks will offer Fair Trade coffee to more than 400 colleges and universities in the country currently serving Starbucks¨ coffee. "Starbucks launch of Fair Trade coffee is an historic event that will have a tremendous impact on disadvantaged coffee farmers and their families," says Paul Rice, Executive Director of TransFair USA.“
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„Author Affiliations: Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente of Northern California, Oakland (Drs Go and Selby, Mss Phillips, Capra, and Jensvold); Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco (Dr Go); Clinical Epidemiology Unit, General Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston (Drs Hylek, Chang, and Singer and Ms Henault).“
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Transfair USA | Press Releases
„Press Releases TransFair USA Applauds Dunkin' Donuts for Introducing Fair Trade Certified™ Espresso BeveragesAll Beans To Be Certified By TransFair USA Oakland, CA (September 30, 2003) -- TransFair USA, the nation's only independent, third-party certifier of Fair Trade products, applauds Dunkin Donuts for introducing today its new line of espresso beverages that will be made exclusively with Fair Trade Certified™ coffee beans. Companies embracing the Fair Trade model help to ensure that farmers in developing countries receive a fair price for their products. Dunkin Donuts, headquartered in Randolph, MA., will roll out the new espresso line to more than 1,500 stores across New England this fall, with the goal of offering it nationwide by the spring of 2004.“
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