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  „Fair Trade assures consumers that the coffee they drink was purchased under equitable conditions. Farmers ship their crops directly to participating Fair Trade certified importers who pay a minimum price of $1.26 per pound ($1.41 for organic crops) and who provide technical assistance for help in transitioning to organic farming. Thus, coffee farmers who participate in Fair Trade cooperatives are able to avoid price-gouging middlemen and can receive fair rates for their labor.“

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The Equal Exchange Mission The Equal Exchange Mission

  „Equal Exchange’s partners are small farmer co-ops that are governed by the farmers themselves. They are dedicated to the equitable distribution of income and the provision of other services, such as healthcare and education.“

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  „Perhaps the most significant innovation in terms of teaching farmers about the taste of their own coffee has been the advent of rural coffee cupping labs. These newly constructed labs were created several years back by Thanksgiving Coffee's Paul Katzeff. Working with the Cooperative League of the United States (CLUSA), Katzeff received USAID funding to build nine cupping labs for Nicaraguan grower cooperatives in rural regions. (For more information on the cupping labs, see "The Green Café" in the April 2002 issue of Fresh Cup Magazine.)“

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Sweet Maria's Small But Important Donation Program Sweet Maria's Small But Important Donation Program

  „One approach to making the coffee trade more equitable for farmers, to provide for a better standard of living in an unstable market and to ensure the future of quality coffee production, is to offer Fair Trade coffee. Sweet Maria's offers some Fair Trade coffees certified by TransFair USA . We attempt to offer as many Fair Trade coffees as we possibly can, based on our blind cupping tests. The availability of these coffees is getting better each year, as more roasters and brokers sign on, but there are times when our selection is slim.“

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The Church of the brethren Coffee Project The Church of the brethren Coffee Project

  „“When you drink a fairly traded cup of coffee from Equal Exchange you are supporting one or two or three small farmers on the other side of the world so that they can have a better life and education for their children.”“

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  „"Funny, the poor south American farmer is not being taken advantage of by the north American coffee drinker, they are being taken by poor Asian coffee farmers backed by the countries government."“

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