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„Representing the cooperative in Ethiopia will be Tadesse Meskela, general manager of Oromia, which is comprised of 23,691 members. Premiums from sales of Fair Trade Certified coffees have enabled the co-op to provide educational workshops on coffee production and technical assistance, equipment purchases and methods of cultivating food crops such as citrus and bananas among coffee bushes.“
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Global Exchange : Stunted coffee market pushes Ethiopians into drug trade
„An estimated 75 percent of all coffee farmers in the highlands of Hararghe, home to the aromatic Harar coffee, have either uprooted coffee trees to plant khat or are growing both, said Tadesse Meskela, general manager of the Oromiya Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union in the capital, Addis Ababa.“
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„After a February trip to coffee farms in Tanzania and Ethiopia, Kimberly Easson, TransFair’s Director of Strategic Relationships, described the sense of hope she felt while meeting with Fair Trade farmers. She was in Africa to attend the East Africa Fine Coffee Association (EAFCA) conference where she participated in a panel on coffee certification.“
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„Only in the past few years have Organic and Fair Trade coffees come from Ethiopia, and all are from a single huge cooperative called the Oromia co-op. They represent many small farms in many regions, and while the regions are certainly kept distinct (Sidamo, Yirgacheffe, Etc) the individual farms are too small to sell each coffee as discrete lots. So some of these pooled co-op lots can be pretty good, and a few are excellent. It takes cupping to sort through all the offerings, and this year I found 2 lots that were really nice, one dry-processed coffee from Sidamo and one wet-processed coffee from Yirgacheffe (although both are totally different in the cup).“
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Transfair USA | Fair Trade News
„The non-profit (www.trans fairusa.org), which operates on an annual budget of about $3 million, is funded by foundations and certification fees of 10 cents per pound of Fair Trade coffee by commercial roasters. The agency now also provides Fair Trade certification for tea, cocoa and fruit.“
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Transfair USA | Press Releases
„Millstone Cup of Excellence Signature Roast -- A winner of the prestigious Cup of Excellence award recognizing the "best of the best" coffees grown in Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. Very few coffees ever receive this honor and Millstone is the first major roaster to purchase and sell this extraordinary coffee nationwide. This medium-dark roast, from Jinotega and Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua, is full-bodied and rich with a complex, sweet flavor highlighted by a bright and pleasant acidity. Millstone Rainforest Alliance Certified Signature Roast -- A medium-dark roast from the slopes near Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.“
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