View topic - NPR Story on Coffee Growers Strife in Central, South America - Coffee Forum (#)
„'Fair trade is a fairly radical solution - not only giving a better price but giving producers a say in the supply chain. The question we ask is who has the power, and what fair trade does is give poor disadvantaged producers a bit of a say,' says Barry Coates, of the World Development Movement.“
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„Financial Times, 7 September 2001Later that week, the FT ran a story on the growing disquiet among coffee growers. The Federation of Ivorian Coffee and Cocoa Producers, they reported, called on its members to launch a nationwide strike. New York Times, 11 September 2001 The NY Times ran a colourful piece by Katherine Zoepf on Hanoi's Café Society. Almost unique amongst their neighbours, Vietnam has a thriving café culture.“
http://www.germinalproductions.co.uk/cafe/ news01.html
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„This tale is really warming my heart. Some of you know the full story behind me putting this Coffee Robot up for auction on eBay for the Auction for America program, in order to raise money for the victims and families of September 11th. You know the bad stuff as well as the good stuff. Well, it's gotten even better.“
http://www.coffeekid.com/cafetalk/11-03-2001
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„Quality means profits and today, growers who have worked with illy since the beginning are recording significantly higher profits. The company launched the Illy Coffee Club, whose membership is comprised of the growers who supply illy and whose loyalty is encouraged by awards and tangible benefits for quality maintenance. In 1990, coffee growers asked one another, "How many sacks did you produce?" Today the question is "What type of coffee do you produce?"“
http://www.illyusa.com/pr/the_search.htm
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„Eager to capitalize on this growing trend are the coffee growers of Nicaragua, ideally situated in the prime coffee growing region of Central America. Although Nicaragua produced over a million bags of coffee per year during the 70s, that output had fallen to somewhere around half a million by 1990. The disruption in between was the Sandinista revolution, which caused many growers to abandon their farms outright and flee the country. The Sandinistas nationalized a great number of coffee farms, and proceeded to plant beans and corn instead.“
http://www.sallys-place.com/beverages/coffee/ nicaragua.htm
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Global Exchange : Coffee growers make case
„Harris said the meeting with Carter followed the annual Specialty Coffee Association of America convention in Atlanta. Harris called the meeting "extraordinary."“
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/ 1807.html
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