Virtual Coffee: Feature Articles (#)

  „In May 2001, five non-profit organizations that work on coffee conservation issues (Conservation International, Consumer's Choice Council, Rainforest Alliance, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, and the Summit Foundation) took a step toward creating a unified front by releasing a document entitled "Conservation Principles for Coffee Production." The principles were designed to provide common ground for conservation groups to work with other environmental movements and coffee businesses. They can also help importers and roasters develop sourcing guidelines and assist banks and foundations in deciding which coffee development projects to fund and how to evaluate them.“

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It's All About Coffee

  „Not only do Rainforest Alliance standards protect the land, they support the rights and social conditions of workers and local communities. The current crisis in coffee production, brought on by a glut in the market, is forcing farmers worldwide to abandon their crops. In Mexico, entire villages have been turned into ghost towns as villagers flee to find work in the squalid shantytowns of Mexico City, or in Canada and the U.S. Because certified beans commands higher premiums than mass-produced coffee, certified farms like Santa Elena can afford to provide workers' families with benefits such as improved working conditions, safety equipment, training, environmental education, better housing, sanitary facilities, clean water, and access to schools and medical care. "Today we have companies from all over the world who are willing to negotiate a premium because they understand the challenges to producing a high-quality, sustainable coffee such as ours," says Astrid Bernstoff, Santa Elena's Vice-President of Marketing.“

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Global Exchange : Activist Network

  „Our Dining Halls have now switched - they offer a fair trade Rainforest Blend from Superior Coffee. In addition, our on-campus Coffeehouses - all 4 of them - carry a fair trade coffee (the same Rainforest Blend) and a fair trade Cafe Au Lait. The UCLA Medical Center, adjacent to the campus, switched their entire line of Starbucks Coffee to fair trade last year. Every major coffee outlet on campus has a fair trade option!“

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Coffee Forest Symbiosis (INeedCoffee.com)

  „"Coffee can protect wildlife, ecosystems and environments,” said Tensie Whelan, executive director of the Rainforest Alliance. And caring about sustainable coffee can also protect coffee workers, of whom there are some 25 million worldwide. Ted Lingle "Sustainability is a three-legged stool, he said. "It consists of economic viability, environmental stewardship and social responsibility” .“

http://www.ineedcoffee.com/04/forest/?page=2 - Cached

Tea & Coffee 10/03 - Certified Sustainable Coffee

  „Not far away, Luis Ernesto Urrutia manages Finca Monte Sion, a farm that meets all of the Rainforest Alliance’s standards and is experimenting with better ways to incorporate coffee mill byproducts into the soil. Dr. Urrutia - a cardiologist whose family has grown coffee since 1907 - began an ambitious health-care program for coffee workers and their families.“

http://www.teaandcoffee.net/1003/special.htm - Cached

CRS Fair Trade

  „CRS Notes: The Smithsonian's Bird-Friendly Certification process certifies that coffee bearing the logo above is grown under a dense forest canopy comprised of diverse species of trees. As its name indicates, the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center is concerned primarily with the protection of the rare and endangered migratory birds that live in coffee growing regions. The organization works to achieve this goal through a series of rigorous standards governing the density and diversity of both rustic and planted shade trees in coffee growing areas.“

http://www.crsfairtrade.org/what_is/ sealdeal.htm - Cached

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