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New Fair Trade partners
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Addison Coffee Roasters (TX)
• Alta Organic Coffee & Tea (CA)
• Arco Coffee (WI)
• Caffe Appassionato Coffee (WA)
• Coffee and Tea Exchange (IL)
• Coffee, Tea, & Me (WA)
• Conservatory for Coffee, Tea and Cocoa (CA)
• Dagoba Organic Chocolates (OR)
• Gourmet Coffee Roasters (MI)
• Jamaican Gourmet Coffee (CT)
• Java Trading Co. (WA)
• Joebella Coffee (CA)
• Landgrove Coffee (ID)
• New Mexico Coffee Company (NM)
• Pacific Coffee Roasting Co (CA)
• Perk & Brew (MI)
• Porto Rico Importing Co. (NY)
• QTrade (CA)
• Signature Coffee (CA)
• Sojourn Gourmet Hot Cocoa (WA)
• Sun Garden Tea (CA)
• Tradin Organics USA (NH)
• Treehuggers (CA)
• Vienna Coffee Company (TN)
• White Cloud Coffee(ID)
• Zhena's Gypsy Tea (CA)
Hats
off to these new Fair Trade licensees! TransFair salutes
you and your new Fair Trade coffee, tea, and chocolate
offerings.
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Trade on PBS
Guatemala/Mexico,
Coffee Country on FRONTLINE/World
Sam Quiñones reports on the effects of the
coffee crisis, coffee quality and the Fair Trade
model in Guatemala and Mexico.
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Trader
Joe's trades fair
Consumers nationwide turn to Trader Joe's for its
large selection of tasty, all natural foods. Now
Trader Joe's purchases can help improve the lives
of farmers too. Trader Joe's carries a growing line
of Fair Trade Certified™ products produced
with great pride by farmers around the world. Trader
Joe's latest Fair Trade offering is the rich-tasting
Five-Country Blend Fair Trade Espresso. The new
blend joins Fair Trade Certified Café Pájaro
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Consumer
demand prompts Albertsons to offer Fair Trade Certified
coffee in 140 stores
Supermarket shoppers can make a difference. Albertsons
Supermarkets, the nation's third-largest supermarket chain,
recently invited its customers to write in with product
requests. When consumers asked for Fair Trade coffee,
Albertsons responded. Now consumers have the opportunity
to purchase great-tasting, socially responsible Fair Trade
Certified Coffee roasted by Equal Exchange in all 140
Albertsons stores in Oregon and Washington. |
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Fair
Trade the Talk of the Town in Boston
Thanks to all of the roaster partners who participated
in TransFair's Fair Trade Forum and Reception at
this year's Specialty Coffee Association of America
show in Boston. Fair Trade enjoyed fantastic success
at SCAA this year, with more co-ops and countries
represented than ever before. For SCAA highlights
and photos of the Fair Trade community, click
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Kuapa
Kokoo produces "best of the best" cocoa and improves farmers'
lives
Cocoa is big business in Ghana, where it accounts for
more than 30 percent of export earnings. Kuapa Kokoo,
a Ghanaian cooperative of cocoa producers, takes advantage
of Fair Trade practices to give farmers resources to keep
cocoa quality high, protect the environment, and improve
their lives.
Kuapa Kokoo's motto is "Pa Pa Paa" which means
"the best of the best." The Kuapa Kokoo co-op
has helped its 35,000 members earn the income they need
to maintain this tradition of quality. Before, farmers
relied on middlemen who gave them low prices for their
beans. Now, with Fair Trade, Kuapa Kokoo members no longer
rely on middlemen because they have gained access to the
world market and are exporting directly.
"Before, we farmers were cheated," says Comfort
Kumeah, a Kuapa Kokoo member. "We got little money
from the purchasing clerks and no bonuses. I joined Kuapa
because they trade with the well-being of farmers at heart."
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Trade helps preserve mountain forests in Oaxaca, Mexico
"We've stopped cutting down trees as we used to do, and
now we're growing oxygen!" says Tolentino Martinez Perez
of the CEPCO Fair Trade cooperative in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Small-scale farmers like Perez have traditionally used
"passive organic" farming methods to grow coffee. Coffee
plants are typically grown under a forest canopy as part
of the natural ecosystem without the use of chemical pesticides
and fertilizers. When grown in this manner, coffee and
cocoa provide a sustainable livelihood for farmers without
destroying natural resources. The growing market for organic
coffee is providing a strong incentive for Oaxacan farmers
to maintain their traditions and preserve some of the
last areas of Oaxaca's endangered forests, which provide
habitat for toucans, eagles, and other rare creatures.
But achieving organic certification can be prohibitively
expensive and requires knowledge of organic production
techniques. With premiums from the Fair Trade market,
farmers like Perez are able to set aside funds for organic
inspections and technical training from local agronomists.
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