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Honest Tea Launches Just Black Tea and Just Green Tea
Honest Tea is now offering Just Black Tea and Just Green Tea, the first organic Fair Trade Certified unsweetened tea on the market. Honest Tea has built a strong relationship with the Makaibari estate, which provides much of Honest Tea’s Fair Trade Certified tea. Fair Trade premiums have gone to support many important initiatives. For example, tea plantation workers voted to use Fair Trade premiums to establish a computer center for the use of estate workers and their children. The Makaibari Computer Center opened with two computers, internet access, and a printer, and is available to anyone in the Makaibari village. Already over 200 children have enrolled in the computer school, where they are learning critical skills that would otherwise be beyond their reach due to the high cost. Read more here.
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What a Story!
Thanksgiving Coffee Roasters has partnered with the Mirembe Kawomera Cooperative to offer you a delicious coffee with an inspiring tale of justice and peace. Mirembe Kawomera, meaning “delicious peace,” is a Ugandan coffee cooperative that unites 400 Jewish, Muslim, and Christian coffee farmers. Not only is Mirembe Kawomera coffee Fair Trade Certified, Thanksgiving Coffee donates an additional dollar from the sale of every package of Mirembe Kawomera Coffee directly back to the cooperative. Purchase delicious Mirembe Kawomera Fair Trade Certified coffee and read the full story of this fascinating project here. |
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| Hot Tips to Celebrate World Fair Trade Day - Saturday, May 13 |
Get a group together and show the powerful new film Buyer Be Fair, a one-hour documentary that takes viewers to Mexico, the Netherlands, the UK, Sweden, the USA and Canada to explore how conscious consumers and businesses can promote social justice and environmental sustainability through product labeling. Go here to order a copy. Tell them TransFair sent you and receive a discount!
Order a free resource kit to help you get ideas and organize an event in your community for World Fair Trade Day. Click here to learn about events going on near you. |
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Give a gift with a heart this Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 14
Show mom how much you care – about her, about people and the planet! Go here to find Fair Trade chocolate, coffee and other lovely Fair Trade gifts for Mother’s Day.
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Display Challenge Winners Visit Costa Rica
Winners of last October’s Fair Trade Display Challenge spent six days in March visiting Fair Trade farms in Costa Rica. Representatives from Giant Eagle, PCC Markets, Green Fields Market and Albert’s Organics visited COOCAFE coffee cooperative, APPTA cocoa and banana producers, and Asoproagroin pineapple growers.
“I loved every minute of our time, bugs and all!...I think the best way to thank the farmers will be in carrying the Fair Trade message back home and sharing it with others.” - Diana Crane of PCC Markets in Seattle, Washington. |
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Fair Trade Farmers take Charlotte by Storm
More than 100 representatives of over 40 cooperatives participated in the Specialty Coffee Association Conference in Charlotte, NC this April. During the
5-day event they met with roasters, importers and retailers, and participated in valuable educational workshops on coffee cupping, risk management, and contract navigation. |
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Transfair's Sarah Christensen with Eduardo Mendez (ADISQUE Coop, Guatemala), Mengistu Elema (Yirgacheffe Coop, Ethiopia), Pedro Ruben Pineda Palomino (CACVRA, Peru) |
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TransFair certifies 100 Million Pounds of coffee since 1998
Right now, somewhere in America, someone is sipping a cup of Joe made from the 100-millionth pound of Fair Trade Certified™ coffee. Since 1998, TransFair USA has certified well over 100 million pounds of coffee. The record growth of Fair Trade Certified coffee – an annual average of 75% – can be attributed to a wide range of supporters: mission-driven Alternative Trade Organizations (ATOs), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and student campaigners; from small boutique roasters and cafes, to large mainstream retailers, restaurants and club stores; and of course conscientious U.S. consumers, who’ve spent over $1 billion on Fair Trade Certified coffee, sending nearly $75 million in above-market revenue to small-scale coffee farmers in developing countries worldwide. Read the press release here. |
Christian Science Monitor
Read about teens pushing to bring healthy foods and Fair Trade products to school cafeterias nationwide. Click here for the story.
NPR’s Marketplace
In two short audio pieces, NPR explores the bitter story of the conventional cocoa supply chain and shows how Fair Trade Certification offers hope for cocoa farmers.
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San Francisco Bay Guardian
Props to the Bay Area Fair Trade Coalition for winning the San Francisco Bay Guardian’s Community Activist of the Year Award! The Bay Area Fair Trade Coalition, formed last summer, holds popular Saturday “Café Crawls” during which Coalition members go neighborhood by neighborhood, talking to store managers and customers about Fair Trade. They are also co-hosting an event in San Francisco for World Fair Trade Day. Read all about it here! |
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To what lengths will a San Francisco musician go to promote Fair Trade? |
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“When I receive an email from an unsuspecting music fan who asks to buy my Devil Dub CD, I respond "yes", but only for a Fair Trade. After providing them with a weblink to an introduction to Fair Trade, I include links to locations in their area where they can purchase Fair Trade products. All they have to do is buy ANY Fair Trade Certified product and send it to me and I'll send back a CD.” - House
Check out the Diabolical FT Music Experiment! |
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Eagle Brook Church (MN) shares the good news of Fair Trade Coffee |
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During recent Easter celebrations, over 13,000 people listened to reflections on the Bible and relevant global issues while enjoying a good cup of Fair Trade Certified coffee provided by the European Roasterie. From Baptist roots, Eagle Brook Church has steadily grown over the years and serves FTC coffee at both of its locations, in White Bear Lake and Lino, MN. Eagle Brook is looking toward creating the church’s own brand of FTC coffee. Fair Trade at work—benefiting producers, business, and conscious consumers!
John Youngberg, European Roasterie, and Curt Dixon, Food Service Director at Eagle Brook Church, in the Café 5000 |
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Head-Royce School Fair Trade Club holds FT bake sale |
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Following a TransFair presentation to 340 students and faculty at the Head-Royce School (K-12) in Oakland, CA, members of the Fair Trade Club sold special treats made with Fair Trade products as part of their ongoing awareness-raising campaign. Last fall faculty and staff voted overwhelmingly to institute a Fair Trade Coffee policy, and the school made the switch. Inspired by success, the school has been reaching out to alumni and student families to encourage them to purchase Fair Trade products where
they shop! Go Fair Trade! |
Head-Royce students sample Fair Trade treats |
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Elizabeth Bertani
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Meet Elizabeth Bertani, TransFair USA’s new Director of Marketing. Elizabeth looks forward to working with the TransFair team, our company partners, and grassroots advocates nationwide to raise awareness and build demand for Fair Trade Certified products all across the US. |
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Fair Trade producers win top quality awards
The Specialty Coffee Association’s prestigious Cupping Pavilion competition results are in, and Fair Trade producers have won yet again! Six out of twelve winning coffees came from FT coops. Congratulations to Expocafe (Costa Rica), CECOCAFEN (Nicaragua), Sidama (Ethiopia), and Fedecocagua (Guatemala)! |
Fair Trade Farmers Worldwide
Have you seen this nifty interactive online map? Learn about where your Fair Trade products come from. Check it out on our website. |
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