Transfair USA | Fair Trade Overview (#)

  „Most Fair Trade Certified coffee, tea and chocolate in the US is certified organic and shade grown. This means that the products you buy maintain biodiversity, provide shelter for migratory birds and help reduce global warming.“

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Transfair USA | Press Releases

  „Studies have shown that biodiversity thrives in this shaded environment. Recently, newer, heavier yielding coffee plants have been introduced in many areas that require full sun and significant amounts of agrochemicals. Unfortunately, the planting of full sun varieties usually requires the removal of shade trees, which has dramatically reduced habitat for birds and other wildlife. According to researchers from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Program, studies in Colombia and Mexico found 94-97% fewer bird species in sun grown coffee than in shade grown coffee.“

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Transfair USA | Image Gallery — Chocolate

  „© 2003 Fairtrade Foundation Cocoa farming couple Miguel and Maria stand proudly in front of their house in the lush Yamasa region of the Dominican Republic.“

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Global Exchange : 'Chocolate with a Conscience' Offered

  „TransFair USA is part of a world-wide movement that offers consumers the choice of buying chocolate with the 'fair trade' label. "Whenever consumers see this label, 'fair trade certified,'" says Opal, "they know that a third party made sure that the farmers got a fair price, the importers paid a fair price, all the way to the end consumer."“

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Transfair USA | Fair Trade News

  „Transfair may already have found one. The organization, Bourque says, hopes to have a distribution agreement in place as early as this year that will bring fair-trade chocolate, tea and fresh fruit to retailers from coast to coast.“

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CoffeeGeek - TransFair USA Celebrates Fair Trade Month with Chefs, Farmers and Retailers

  „Whenever possible we need to source our foods locally - directly from the farmers who work the land. Fair Trade lets us have the closest possible connection with farmers of coffee, tea, chocolate, and tropical fruits that are grown in developing countries," said Dan Barber, Chef and Owner of  Blue Hill Restaurant in New York.“

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