Transfair USA | Press Releases

Transfair USA | Press Releases ()

  „20, 2000 - Peet's Coffee and Tea, the super-premium roaster of specialty coffee, announced today the formation of a strategic alliance with TransFair USA, the only organization certifying fair trade products in the US, to offer Fair Trade Certified coffee. The roast will contain 100% Fair Trade Certified coffee, which assures consumers that the farmers who grew the coffee received a fair living wage. Peet's Fair Trade Blend will be available for $10.95 in Peet's Boston retail stores beginning on Sunday, September 24, 2000 and in all retail locations throughout the country, via mail order and through Peets.com starting October 9, 2000. Peet's is executing a comprehensive marketing campaign in Boston to promote its Fair Trade Blend in conjunction with an educational campaign launched by TransFair and Oxfam America, a non-governmental organization dedicated to fighting poverty and injustice around the world.“

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  „Roasters are having trouble understanding some of Transfair USA's interests. An importer buying Fair Trade coffee, under license with Transfair USA may not sell it to a roaster as Fair Trade coffee unless the roaster too has signed a Fair Trade agreement with Transfair USA.“

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  „Since it began certifying coffee in 1998, TransFair USA has seen demand rise sharply for packages bearing its black-and-white Fair Trade label. Last year, the organization certified 18.7 million pounds of coffee, nearly doubling its 2002 total.“

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  „If your bag of coffee carries the label at right, it has been certified by TransFair USA , the only independent fair trade certifying agency in the US. The presence of this label means that every step involved in getting coffee from the crop to your cup has been monitored by this neutral third party certifier, ensuring the farmers really received a fair price for the coffee.“

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