Fair Trade in the News

12/28/2006 | Food and Drink Predictions for 2007
We're watching for fair trade to follow in the footsteps of organic and sustainable as a buzzword for conscientious consumers. (Epicurious.com) Read More >

12/27/2006 | Some Companies Look to Combine Business with Social Conscience
The image of big business has really been taking it on the chin lately: one picture after another, it seems, of corporate executives in suits, ties, and handcuffs. Too bad. There's another side of the business world. It doesn't get as much attention as the bad news, but it's redefining the way business is done. (The Online NewsHour) Read More >

Winter 2007 | Making it to McDonald's
Last November, McDonald's announced that it would sell only Fair Trade Certified coffee in 658 of its restaurants across the Northeast. Behind this change was Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc., which in an earlier deal agreed to source, roast, and package the coffee for Newman's Own Organics. The two companies then convinced McDonald's to sell the exclusive blend in its restaurants. (Stanford Social Innovation Review) Read More >

Winter 2007 | Faith In Fair Trade
Lutheran World Relief (LWR) began to promote the purchase of Fair Trade coffee to Lutheran congregations in 1996. Since then, Lutherans have purchased more than 400 tons of Fair Trade coffee. (Stanford Social Innovation Review) Read More >

12/06/2006 | Green Mountain Coffee Brews New "PBS Blend"
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters of Waterbury, Vt., is introducing PBS Blend, a new Fair Trade Certified organic coffee that was grown, as Green Mountain noted, "in the lush tropical rain forests surrounding the El Triunfo Biosphere in Mexico." (Boston Globe) Read More >

Dec/Jan Issue 2006/2007 | A More Powerful Path
Unlike the chaos-theory butterfly, business is not an uncalculating force of nature. It can behave with intention. We are waking to the idea that if business inevitably shapes the future, it has a responsibility to choose what that future will be. (Fast Company) Read More >

Nov/Dec Issue 2006 | Fair Trade Rice Makes Its Debut
You know about Fair Trade coffee, chocolate, and tea. Now ask your supermarket to start carrying the latest Fair Trade Certified™ commodity, Fair Trade rice. (coopamerica.org) Read More >

11/08/2006 | How Do You Take Your Coffee?
John Sage, Co-Founder of Pura Vida Coffee, provides an insider's look at Fair Trade in the new Social Innovation Podcast series.(Stanford Social Innovation Review) Listen >

10/25/2006 | Film Is Behind-the-Scenes Look at Fair Trade Coffee
A new film called Black Gold follows a group of Ethiopian, "fair-trade" coffee growers as they try to make a living. Farai Chideya talks with Tadesse Meskela, a representative of the Oromio Coffee Farmers' Cooperative Union and a subject of the film. (NPR) Read More >

10/25/2006 | Is Fair Trade Coffee Worth the Extra Cash?
What exactly is "fair trade" coffee, and is it worth it for American consumers to pay extra for a little peace of mind? Host Farai Chideya gets some answers from Nicole Chettero, a spokesperson for TransFair USA, an American fair-trade auditor. (NPR) Read More >

10/20/2006 | Fair-trade coffee begins to heat up mainstream market
For all the buzz about the importance of buying fair-trade coffee, it represents only 2.2 percent of beans sold in the United States. (Seattle Times) Read More >

October Issue 2006 | Formulating Certified Organic and Fair Trade Consumer Products
Tony Moore not only supplies you with some facts and history, but also illustrates how consumer product developers can make a social impact using the Fair Trade Certified system. (Organic Processing Magazine) Read More >

9/30/2006 | Tastes: Drink Great Coffee, Feel Virtuous Too
Fast-food chains and big-box stores are finding a conscience, at least when it comes to coffee. (Wine Spectator Online) Read More >

September Issue 2006 | The Good Shopper
Organic Flowers. Fair-traded coffee. Local produce. If every one of us made a few tiny, easy adjustments to our shopping lists, we could - no exaggeration - change the world. What are we waiting for? (O, The Oprah Magazine) Read More >

09/25/2006 | Living Well: Taking a coffee break can help empower women
If you meet Merril Cousin for a cup of coffee to discuss her work, she is likely to point out a few things that you didn't know. And, the guess here, you will shake your head a few times. (Seattle PI) Read More >

09/17/2006 | Gov't supports move to get banana farmers fair trade certified
MINISTER of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands Errol Ennis has said that the government strongly supports the move by the Banana Export Company (BECO) to get local banana exporters fair trade certified, and has urged farmers to buy into the process. (Jamaica Observer) Read More >

09/01/2006 | Tell the Fair Trade Story
Values held long within the cooperative business community are now hitting the mainstream. More and more consumers are asking not only "Is this good for me?" but also "Is this good for others and the environment?" (Cooperative Grocer) Read More >

08/31/2006 | A sip of variety
The phrase “coffee bar” has taken on a whole new meaning in recent years. No longer does a consumer go to the coffee and tea aisle and debate nothing more than whether to buy decaf or regular. Now there are hyper-caffeinated, flavored and limited-edition coffees. (Grocery Headquarters) Read More >

08/31/2006 | Ethiopia: Specialty Coffees Boost Union's Revenues 42-Fold in 4 Years
Expanding on specialty coffee exports, the Sidama Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union has markedly raised its export revenues forty two-fold over the last four years. (Daily Monitor, All Africa) Read More >

08/30/2006 | Coffee Key to Reconciling Rwandans
Coffee is being used in Rwanda to relaunch the economy as well as heal old wounds following the genocide. (BBC News) Read More >

08/12/2006 | A cup o' joe that's making a difference
Some people take their coffee with cream and sugar. Others want their brew to include a heaping spoonful of principles and politics. For those with a well-developed coffee conscience, the bean purveyors have a bag for almost every cause. (Seattle Times) Read More >

08/06/2006 | Coffee, and Hope, Grow in Rwanda
Over the last dozen years, the view from Gemima Mukashyaka’s small coffee garden in the lush emerald-green hills of southwestern Rwanda has changed. (New York Times) Read More >

07/06/2006 | On the Side: Vanilla supplier learns to adapt
The world's preeminent supplier of vanilla, as David Michael & Co. likes to call itself, is headquartered in a low-slung brick plant that could pass for an oversize elementary school in Philadelphia's Far Northeast. (Philadelphia Inquirer Online) Read More >

07/01/2006 | Retailers create value beyond organic
A decade ago, when growers and manufacturers were arguing over the exact qualifications to include in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's proposed organic standards, it's a safe bet that few of them ever imagined that... (Natural Foods Merchandiser) Read More >

06/19/2006 | Canada's national rail service onboard with fair trade coffee
Fair trade coffee will soon be offered to more than four million passengers aboard Canada's national rail service every year. (Sustainable Food News) Read More >

06/12/2006 | For Wal-Mart, Fair Trade May Be More Than a Hill of Beans
Rosevaldo Jose Pereira has never been to Wal-Mart. The name doesn't mean anything to the lifelong coffee farmer in this remote village in southeastern Brazil. (The Washington Post) Read More >

06/01/2006 | How to Create a Life of Good Grub
Every time we buy food, we’re voting for the world we want. Here are seven steps toward creating a culinary paradise on earth. (Spirituality & Health) Read More >

05/31/2006 | A Cup of Hope: Coffee's Lessons
Ritual Coffee Roasters, a stylish and bustling cafe in the Mission, is part of what coffee enthusiasts call coffee's third wave -- a new generation of young roasters obsessively combing the globe for the best beans available. (SF Gate.com) Read More >

05/26/2006 | Teens Spending On Causes They Care About
Teenagers spend about $200 billion a year and a growing number of them are spending that money on causes they care about. So more and more companies are targeting this growing population of spenders. (CBS-4 Boston) Read More >

05/24/2006 | Fair Trade coffee: all the caffeine, plus living wages
At 8,000 feet, the air is pure and clear in Chiapas, a state in southern Mexico where steep, green hillsides are plushly carpeted in maize fields, banana plants, and coffee trees. (San Antonio Current) Read More >

05/14/2006 | How to know if a product meets fair trade guidelines
Can you really help cure social and environmental ills half a world away just by switching the brand of coffee you drink, or the type of wood you use for home renovation projects? (Seattle Times) Read More >

05/10/2006 | Fair Trade Tea
A small farmers’ cooperative offers India’s slumping tea industry hope... (Conscious Choice) Read More >

05/08/2006 | Kenya: Plan to Help Tea Farmers in Kenya Wins Global Prize
Since it began more than a decade ago, the Highland Tea Company has been recognized internationally. It recently won third prize in the Global Social Venture Competition... (All Africa.com) Read More >

04/26/2006 | Community Activist: Bay Area Fair Trade Coalition
If you happen to be at one of Noe Valley's many cafés on Saturday, April 29, you may encounter a motley, overcaffeinated crew talking about consciousness in a cup... (SF Bay Guardian) Read More >

04/17/2006 | Tully's rolls out its first 'fair trade' espresso
Tully's Coffee Corp. has designed its first blend of fair trade espresso with the help of college students and will begin selling the blend at the University of Washington in the coming months. (Puget Sound Business Journal) Read More >

03/27/2006 | Teens try to change the world, one purchase at a time
Youths 'vote' for fair trade, conservation, and natural foods with their dollars - but convenience is also a consideration (Christian Science Monitor) Read More >

03/08/2006 | Movie makes viewers think twice about coffee
Coffee is the second-most valuable traded commodity in the world, behind oil. Globally, we consume about 2 billion cups of coffee every day, and coffee lovers agree: It begins our day, and without it, we’d be miserable... (Columbia Daily Tribune) Read More >

03/08/2006 | Sweet Revenge: Fair Trade Chocolate
The truth about how cocoa beans are grown, harvested and sold can make a box of Valentine’s Day chocolates a guilty pleasure—regardless of calories (Vegetarian Times) Read More >

03/05/2006 | Cream, Sugar, Social Awareness
Fair-trade coffee firm looks beyond profits (Indianapolis Business Journal) Read More >

03/01/2006 | Audio Stream: TransFair USA founder and CEO Paul Rice
Paul joins a growing list of global leaders in sustainability on Big Picture TV – a video archive of free interviews with internationally renowned names that include Nelson Mandela, Jane Goodall and Helen Caldicott.   Paul discusses how Fair Trade can help align the interests of small-scale farmers and corporations without sacrificing profitability. (Big Picture TV) Hear More >

02/13/2006 | Guilt free Valentines?
The timing couldn't be worse for the chocolate industry. A week before Valentine's Day, Nestlé, Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland--the cocoa suppliers for virtually every major chocolate producer in the U.S.--will have to show up in court to answer for allegedly supporting child slavery on West African farms... (Time) Read More >

01/10/2006 | Award-Winning Filmmaker to Premiere Fair-Trade Documentary at University of Puget Sound
The public is invited to attend a showing of the documentary film "Buyer, Be Fair: The Promise of Product Certification" at the University of Puget Sound. (College News ) Read More >

01/09/2006 | Gourmet coffee, high ideals
A gourmet coffee company's novel business approach is paying off. Equal Exchange, a worker-owned, fair trade company, has doubled its sales in just three years. (South of Boston Enterprise) Read More >

01/05/2006 | Tea Here Now
The cool, misty highlands of the Western Ghats punctuate south India's steaming tropical plains. Their forests shelter tigers and elephants, and protect the fragile watersheds of the flatlands below. They also harbor pieces of a colonial legacy: the tea industry. (Grist Magazine) Read More >

01/01/2006 | Beans & Leaves
After what seems like an eternity of slow progress, a barrage of media exposure has helped raise consumer awareness of the growing crisis in the world coffee market. (Gourmet Retailer) Read More >

12/20/2005 | The Food Snoop
Fair enough? But for its archaic lingo, a 1909 bulletin of the American Geographic Society titled Brazil's Failure to Control the Price of Coffee reads here and there like a squib from a contemporary business page. (San Francisco Bay Guardian) Read More >

12/11/2005 | How to Brew Justice
Coffee importer Equal Exchange shows how to make good money while paying farmers high prices. (Time Magazine Online) Read More >

12/06/2005 | The Value Chain: From Building Brand to Building Integrity
Value chains are replacing brands are the most powerful weapon in the marketing arsenal. While still widely perceived as source of risk, value-chain transparency actually offers brand owners an opportunity to create new forms of value for customers at an emotional and ethical level. (Marketing Profs.com) Read More >

12/02/2005 | Labels Affect Coffee Sales
Performance labels and Fair Trade labels have different impacts on coffee purchases, said Prof. Arnab Basu, economics, William and Mary, yesterday. His lecture in Caldwell Hall presented the results of a formal experiment conducted by the... (The Cornell Daily Sun) Read More >

11/30/2005 | Rankin's Choice Organic Teas in Seattle is first U.S. company to use fair trade tea
Blake Rankin keeps following his ethics and his interests, which almost to his surprise have led him to be president of one of the nation's most progressive tea packers. (Silicon Valley Business Journal) Read More >

11/20/2005 | Food and Wine Magazine Tastemaker Awards '05
Top young talents who've changed the world of food and wine by age 35 ~ includes Frederick Schilling of Dagoba Chocolate. (Food and Wine Magazine) Read More >

11/07/2005 | No avoiding sustainable sourcing
Food companies do not yet face the ethical sourcing equation of the clothing industry, where brands from Nike to Marks & Spencer cannot afford a single claim of sweat-shop production. But the moment is fast approaching for food, too, when exploitative sourcing will be the public relations kiss of death. (The Dairy Reporter) Read More >

11/02/2005 | Nell Newman, on a mission for fair trade
Nell Newman is willowy, with prematurely white hair that falls several inches past her slender shoulders. The resemblance to her famed parents isn't immediately discernible, but the more she smiles and talks, the more you see the Joanne Woodward-Paul Newman connection. (The Denver Post) Read More >

10/31/2005 | TransFair warms to McDonald's coffee
Officials of the nation's only certifier of fair trade products, Oakland-based TransFair USA, said Monday they welcomed a decision by fast-food giant McDonald's Corp. to begin selling only fair trade-certified coffee in 658 restaurants across the Northeast. (East Bay Business Times) Read More >

10/27/2005 | McDonald's to Start Selling Organic Coffee
McDonald's will begin selling organic coffee at its New England restaurants next month, an arrangement that could propel huge growth for the Vermont-based roaster and help the fast-food chain compete for customers who avoid the Golden Arches in favor of a better cup of joe. (AP Business Wire) Read More >

10/25/2005 | Celebrity's firm committed to fair trade certification
Wild Oats customers might not taste the difference between the coffee Nell Newman pours today and any other organic blend. But the fair trade label on the bag makes all the difference to growers in far-flung countries, say Newman and others active in fair trade certification. (Rocky Mountain News) Read More >

10/25/2005 | Washington State University switches to fair trade coffee
Coffee has been a part of student life at Washington State University since before the school was Washington State University.Now it's part of a learning experience as the food service department increasingly adjusts its purchases to support with sustainable agricultural practices, university officials say. (Seattle Post Intelligence) Read More >

10/24/2005 | Fair Trade chocolate as alternative to "slave chocolate"
I love chocolate as much as anyone. In moderation, chocolate is good for your body and soul. But I have a nightmare that this Halloween one of my daughters is going to pull a piece of chocolate out of her candy bag and ask, "Daddy, is it true that child slaves made this chocolate?" (The Atlantic Journal Constitution) Read More >

10/21/2005 | Fair trade through coffee
It's time for the UW to wake up and smell the Certified Fair Trade coffee. Seattle has the second-highest number of coffee shops per capita (2.2 shops per 10,000 people) in the US, and the UW has over 20 of these coffee hot spots on its campus alone. This means that within walking distance of class, UW students have the ability to affect social change through their daily cup o' joe. (The Daily Online) Read More >

10/16/2005 | Fair-trade movement gains speed, criticism
Between them, U.S. Lutherans and U.S. Catholics, each coached and cajoled from Baltimore, drink 12 million cups of higher-priced, "fair-trade" coffee a year. That's up from next to nothing a decade ago. (The Baltimore Sun) Read More >

10/14/2005 | Lesson goes down easy with banana splits
As part of an effort to increase awareness of fair-trade issues, banana farmer Jovanny Coronel from Ecuador spoke last week to first- and third-graders at the Academia Ana Marie Sandoval in north Denver. The students ate banana splits made with fair-trade ingredients donated by Wild Oats. The Fair Trade Certified label guarantees "companies have complied with strict economic, social, and environmental criteria, thereby creating a more equitable system for producers," says TransFair USA, the nonprofit group that issues certifications. (The Denver Post) Read More >

10/13/2005 | Fair Trade Coffee Jolt for Growers
Morning would not be the same for millions of Americans without that first sip of java. But as much as people relish the jolt of caffeine and smoky taste, few know where those coffee beans came from and who picked them and under what working conditions. (The Ledger) Read More >

10/11/2005 | Coronel: Fair trade provides workers with sufficient pay
Bananas are more than an excellent source of potassium - they may also be an instrument for positive social change. In honor of Fair Trade month, DU hosted Jovanny Coronel, a member of a Fair Trade organization in Ecuador, who spoke at the Daniels College of Business last week about his first-hand experiences of the improved quality of life the Fair Trade labels allow farmers. (The Clarion Online) Read More >

10/09/2005 | Wild Oats' Chief Talks Fair Trade, Boulder and Twenty Ninth Street
October is National Fair Trade Month. TransFair USA, a certifying organization for Fair Trade products, defines "Fair Trade" assustainability where businesses pay farmers an equitable price for their products. Wild Oats Markets Inc., a Boulder-based natural grocery chain, sells Fair Trade certified products from coffee and tea to fruits and vegetables. (The Daily Camera) Read More >

10/08/2005 | Why Fair Trade should be your buy
If you ask me to be a socially responsible consumer, I'll tell you I have enough trouble being a full-fledged adult. Sure, I recycle. I avoid retailers known as bad employers and support companies that work to do the right thing. However, tracing the origins and production methods of everything I buy is just not in the realm of possibility in my current world. (The Akron Beacon Journal) Read More >

10/08/2005 | Fair shake for 3rd World farmers
A fair-trade fruit importer approached Jovanny Coronel and a handful of other Ecuadorean banana farmers in 1997 with the promise of better, more stable wages. The importer's offer was hard to believe. The farmers had encountered many deceptive importers and exporters who paid them less than promised. But with their wages already low, the farmers agreed to register as producers for the worldwide pro gram, which is aimed at getting fair prices for farmers in emerging economies. (The Plain Dealer) Read More >

10/07/2005 | National Fair Trade Month
Can your cup of coffee or tea make the world a better place? Whether you consider small-scale farmers who pick tea leaves in Sri Lanka or those who cultivate coffee beans in Guatemala, they can be affected a great deal by our daily consumer choices. (The Epoch Times) Read More >

10/06/2005 | Students campaign for fair trade coffee
Ithaca College Students for Fair Trade have jump-started a campaign for fair trade coffee in the campus dining halls. TransFair USA, a certifier of fair trade products in the United States, named October Fair Trade Month to raise awareness about alternative forms of consumerism, said Laurie Konwinski of the Ithaca Fair Trade Federation. (The Ithican Online) Read

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10/03/2005 | 2005 Fair Trade Futures Conference Brings 700 to Chicago
More than 700 business leaders and individuals from 20 countries took part in the 2005 "Fair Trade Futures Conference" Sept. 30-Oct. 2 in Chicago. The event, at the start of National Fair Trade month, featured 50 workshops, testimonials from producers, and interactive opportunities to showcase and shape the future of Fair Trade in North America. (Common Dreams) Read More >

10/03/2005 | Celebrate National Fair Trade Month Milwaukee style
If you're a coffee consumer, chances are you've seen that little black and white Fair Trade sticker on your bag of beans, or at least heard the term floating around the cafe. And sure, the name alone implies good practice, but do you really know what it means to be involved in Fair Trade? (On Milwaukee.com) Read More >

09/15/2005 | Fair Trade Beans
The great Sheik Abd-al-Kadir once said "No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness." I doubt the average student is thinking as deep thoughts as good ol' Kadir when they are savoring the first sip of that morning coffee while barely conscious or downing that fourth cup at 2 a.m. hoping it will act as an aid to pull an all-nighter. But do you ever really think about where that delicious, hot, brown liquid came from? (The Campus Times Online) Read More >

08/25/2005 | Stage is set for Fair Trade Month in October
Plans for the second annual Fair Trade Month to be held in October are being finalized through Oakland, CA-based non-profit TransFair USA, the only independent third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States. (The Produce News) Read More >

08/03/2005 | Label ensures survival of small growers
Pushing a cart brimming with organic milk, chips and produce around H-E-B Central Market, silversmith Marguerite Patterson admits she isn't all that familiar with the concept of fair trade - the idea that imported food products should come from growers who are paid a decent price, do not exploit workers and are environmentally responsible. (San Antonio Express News) Read More >

07/21/2005 | Fair Trade Certified Food Answers Consumer Demand For Ethical Products
Eight out of 10 Americans say they're more likely to trust a company that supports a cause, a 21% increase since 1997. It's no surprise then that Fair Trade Certified coffee is the fastestgrowing segment of the U.S. specialty coffee industry, with an average annual increase of over 75% since its launch in 1999. (ECRM Focus) Read More >

06/24/2005 | New York City Council passes resolution in support of Fair Trade
Resolution recognizing and supporting the efforts of organizations that work to increase consumer awareness of and commitment to poor farming communities around the world through Fair Trade... (NYC) Read More >

04/19/2005 | Fair trade for the poor
Have you ever seen a "Fair Trade Certified" logo on a bag of coffee? If you have, then you already know the work of this week's social entrepreneur, Paul Rice. (The Stanford Daily) Read More >

04/19/2005 | Coffee ice cream brings "Fair Trade" label into frozen foods
Ben & Jerry's newest product arrived in supermarket freezers this week, offering a less-guilty pleasure for consumers who worry about who labored to make their ice cream. (San Francisco Chronicle) Read More >

02/08/2005 | Fair trade sweetens pot
Supporters of farmers in developing countries are urging consumers to buy fair-trade chocolate for their valentines to ensure that farmers who grow the cocoa beans are paid a fair price for their crop. (USA Today) Read More >

11/29/04 | Healing brew: Community-based commerce helps mend the broken
nation of Rwanda
Surrounded by Hutu and Tutsi farmers in the verdant hills of southern Rwanda, Lindsey Bolger of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters slurps and assesses freshly brewed coffee at the Karaba Cooperative. (The Miami Herald). Read More >

11/02/04 | Why is this decadent dessert a guilt-free treat?
The revolution may not be televised, but it should taste good. At least, that's what the folks behind the fair trade foods movement hope as they promote the flavors — and the morality — of their products around the globe. (New York Daily News). Read More >

10/27/04 | Doing Good by Trading Fair
What is Fair Trade and why should it matter to you when buying coffee, tea or chocolate?… (Journal Food Editor). Read More >

10/21/04 | Drinking to fair trade: Helping third world countries one cup of joe at a time
Most people don't know where the cup of coffee they're drinking came from… (Colorado State Collegian). Read More >

10/20/04 | Is fair trade coffee a beachhead for bananas?
Mark Van Wormer is a fair trade coffee guy. He drinks it at home. He persuaded the private school where he teaches to make the switch. And... (AP). Read More >

10/20/04 | Farmers tell of Fair Trade benefits
Edmundo Lopez breaths in the aroma of a small glass of coffee and takes a deep sip. He smiles as he raises his head, declaring... (The Boston Globe). Read More >

10/20/04 | Groups encourage fair trade
A visit from two Mexican coffee farmers Tuesday helped some MSU students explain... (The State News). Read More >

10/19/04 | Coffee with Conscience
Dry Creek Coffee in Old Town Clovis serves fair-trade certified joe... (The Fresno Bee). Read More >

10/19/04 | Students Rally for Fair-Trade Coffee
UI Group Fights for Coffee Farmers... (The Iowa Channel). Read More >

10/14/04 | Coffee drinkers wake up to Fair Trade
Mexican grower visits to extol virtues of socially conscious product... (Statesman Journal). Read More >

10/10/04 | Buying 'Fair Trade' coffee is an act of faith
Church groups support farmers in impoverished areas... (mcall.com). Read More >

10/07/04 | Faithful lift their cups to poor farmers
Fair-trade coffee catching on in churches... (Concord Monitor). Read More >

10/06/04 | Lutherans exceed goal in 'fairly traded' coffee campaign
Millions of Lutherans across the U.S. met and exceeded the challenge to purchase 90 tons of "fairly traded" coffee this year ...(Church Central) Read More>

9/20/04 | The Fair-Trade Cup: Quality and Controversy
It has been some years now since the Fair Trade movement sprung itself on the specialty coffee world, using a passionate and skillfully managed... (The Coffee Review). Read More >

8/18/04 | Retailers, Producers Celebrate Organic and Sustainable Food
Look forward to product promotions, tasting events and Fair Trade farmer tours across the country this October to mark National Fair Trade Month. (The Natural Foods Merchandiser). Read More >

8/13/04 | Fair Trade Month Aims to Improve Farmers' Quality of Life
Scheduled for this October, TransFair USA has organized its first Fair Trade Month, a national initiative that involves food retailers, restaurants, cafes, church groups, universities, and community organizations throughout the U.S. Read More >

6/20/04 | A fair deal for the farmer
Industry and consumers are asking for Fair Trade in Boulder, Colorado and beyond - meaning better lives for hundreds of thousands of farmers worldwide (The Daily Camera). Read More >

6/14/04 | John Boudreau reports on the growth of the US Fair Trade market
The American coffee drinker's taste for "feel-good" coffee is on the rise (The Morning Call). Read More >

6/06/04 | Brewed Awakenings?
Consumer ethics are on the rise. Buying Fair Trade Certified products makes it easy for shoppers to do the right thing (The New York Times Magazine). Read More >

5/04 | How Rich Consumers are Aiding Poor Nations
Throughout its history, Fair Trade Certification has proven beneficial for all stakeholders involved. What does the future hold for the growth of Fair Trade (The World and I)? Read More >

5/05/04 | Helping Third World One Banana at a Time
Fair Trade Certified fruit hitting the US market means higher incomes and better working conditions for more growers around the world and good news for conscientious supermarket shoppers (The New York Times). Read More >

4/28/04 | Bean Counters Perking Up
Fair Trade Certification is at a tipping point in the US. More money than ever is getting back to coffee farmers during this continued price crisis (The San Jose Mercury News). Read More >

3/29/04 | Fair Trade coffee grew 91 percent in 2003
Last year's impressive growth numbers are good for Fair Trade businesses (The San Francisco Business Times). Read More >

3/29/04 | US Sales Of Fair Trade Coffee Grew In 2003 - TransFair USA
2003 was a record year for Fair Trade in the US. The numbers speak for themselves (Dow Jones). Read More >

3/3/04 | Fair Trade fruits appear at Bay Area markets
Fair Trade Certified bananas have paved the way for a number of other fruits at markets all over the San Francisco bay area (The Oakland Tribune). Read More >

3/1/04 | The Coffee Clash
Big players in the coffee industry are waking up to the global crisis, seeing Fair Trade as a competitive edge (Time Magazine). Read More >

2/04 | University of Fair Trade -- Switching to a Sustainable Cup on Campus
Increasingly influential and organized university students are asking for Fair Trade Certified coffee on campus and administrations are listening (Fresh Cup Magazine). Read More >

2/25/04 | Buying produce is a numbers game
Fruit stickers may be a nuisance to peel off, but they offer extremely useful information to consumers. Now find the Fair Trade Certified label on bananas, mangoes, pineapples and grapes (The San Jose Mercury News). Read More >

2/24/04 | Specialty Grocers Take the Lead in Offering 'Fair Trade Certified' Foods
With the arrival of Fair Trade Certified fruit, gourmet and socially responsible consumers in the Tucson area can now find a wide range of Fair Trade Certified products in their grocery stores (The Arizona Daily Star). Read More >

2/17/04 | Is Your Grocery List Politically Correct?
Sustainable food is making it to the mainstream and the Fair Trade Certified label can be found on more and more products in the grocery store (The Wall Street Journal). Read More >

2/16/04 | Goodness -- to the last drop
American visitors witness improvements in the lives of coffee growing communities as a result of Fair Trade. Here in the US, sales of the products are on the rise (USA Today). Read More >

2/2/04 | More products bear the fair trade label
Fair Trade Certified fruit has hit the shelves in the Bay Area and beyond in both national retail chains and independant grocery stores (The San Francisco Chronicle). Read More >

2/2/04 | There's a new cause brewing on campuses
Though atypical of student groups, the United Students for Fair Trade's approach to addressing the coffee crisis by partnering with business is a growing success story (The Boston Globe). Read More >

1/04 | Fair Trade: A Moving Force in Specialty Food
Specialty Food Magazine takes an in-depth look at the Fair Trade movement. This alternative economic model guarantees fair prices for farmers, environmental protection and the highest quality products for consumers (Specialty Food Magazine). Read More >

1/04 | Sweet Sales: Candy is dandy but the category requires forethought
As consumers grow more aware of where their food comes from, retailers are considering Fair Trade Certified organic chocolates (Organic Products Retailer). Read More >

1/29/04 | Retailers roll out Fair Trade fruits
TransFair USA added Fair Trade Certified bananas, mangoes, pineapples and grapes to its portfolio of coffee, tea and cocoa offerings on January 21 (Gourmet E-news). Read More >

1/24/04 | Gaining ground: Fair trade expanding beyond the specialty coffee aisle
Fair Trade certification is on a roll with increasing success in the coffee market and the introduction of Fair Trade bananas, mangos, grapes and pineapples (The Patriot Ledger). Read More >

1/23/04 | Certification designed to protect workers
The Oppenheimer Group and Wild Oats Markets Inc. are among the first to market and sell Fair Trade Certified pineapple and bananas in the US, appealing to a growing number of socially conscious consumers (The Packer). Read More >

1/21/04 | Market to sell certified Fair Trade bananas
Wild Oats Markets, a 102-store grocery chain that sells natural and organic foods in 24 states, will begin selling Fair Trade Certified bananas in 70 of its stores, an assurance for shoppers that small banana farmers got a living-wage price for their fruit (USA Today). Read More >

1/21/04 | CBS's Cincinnati affiliate highlights TransFair USA's partnership with Wild Oats Inc.
WKRC-TV anchor reports on Wild Oats Inc.'s commitment to offer Fair Trade Certified bananas, noting their availability in their Rockwood Pavilion location. Read More >

12/27/03 | Helping Farmers, a Cup of Coffee at a Time
Fair Trade pioneer Equal Exchange strengthens their successful partnership with the faith community (The New York Times). Read More >

12/1/03 | Faith Organizations Throw Weight Behind 'Fair Trade' Coffee Movement
Catholic Relief Services will partner with Equal Exchange's Interfaith Coffee Program to educate the nation's 65 million Catholics on the plight of coffee farmers and boost sales of Fair Trade coffee (USA Today). Read More >

11/29/03 | Online Shopping Can Help Make Free Trade More Fair
This holiday season, consumers have more options than ever to purchase products that directly benefit farming and artisan communities worldwide. (washingtonpost.com). Read More >

11/28/03 | Make the World a Better Place - Have a Chocolate Bar
Fair Trade Certified chocolate is making a big impression on everyone from elementary students to gourmet chefs in the SF Bay Area (The San Francisco Chronicle). Read More >

10/17/03 | Coffee Program Expands to More Churches
Catholic Relief Services, Lutheran World Relief and World Relief said they will sign a pact on Friday with USAID to work with small coffee farmers in Nicaragua. They will buy their coffee through Fair Trade pioneer, Equal Exchange. (Associated Press). Read More >

9/03 | Will Fair Trade become the next growth wave?
Demonstrated success in the coffee industry has primed the Fair Trade Certified product offering to expand exponentially (Natural Foods Merchandiser). Read More >

9/03 | Coffee crisis and revolution
Three special reports demonstrate how Fair Trade responds to the global coffee crisis on a Mexican Fair Trade Coffee Cooperative and how a Californian coffee professional makes Fair Trade her business (El Andar Magazine). Read More >

9/29/03 | Coming to the grocery shelf: fair-trade food ; A label already on chocolate will soon appear on bananas
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9/15/03 | P&G to give boost to small coffee growers
Procter & Gamble demonstrates their confidence in the Fair Trade model by introducing Millstone's Mountain Moonlight Fair Trade Certified coffee (USA Today). Read More >

7/23/03 | "Fair Trade" coffee comes of age in New York City
The "Fair Trade" coffee trend started slowly in New York City, but now you can buy it by the cup, as whole bean in selected supermarkets, and flavored for the first time anywhere. Read More >

7/29/03 | Stark wants government to serve fair trade coffee
East Bay Rep. Pete Stark wants to give the fair trade coffee movement a jolt forward by encouraging the federal government to serve only coffee made from beans that give farmers a fair price (The San Francisco Chronicle). Read More >

7/14/03 | Coffees can be a tasty win-win proposition
Certified Fair Trade, organic and shade-grown coffees are all the rage at major retail chains (Newsweek). Read More >

7/6/03 | Growing number of Boston churches loyal to Fair Trade
Fair Trade coffee service and consumer awareness programs are on the rise in the Boston faith community and beyond (The Boston Globe). Read More >

7/2/03 | Specialty beans aim to keep growers on their land in the developing world
Environmentally and socially conscious Fair Trade Certified coffee proves to be the premium product specialty coffee drinkers demand (The Chicago Tribune). Read More >

7/1/03 | Buck's County Coffee's Fair Trade Guatemalan receives top marks in Ken David's Coffee Review
Deeply dimensioned with red-wine notes, "this extraordinary coffee should seduce just about everyone..." (The Coffee Review)
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6/03 | Industry Voices: Kimberly Easson on travelling to coffee origin
TransFair's Business Affairs Director talks about the value of travelling to origin in an interview with Specialty Coffee magazine. (The Specialty Coffee Retailer)
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6/10/03 | Coffee-quality program forges ahead
Starbucks, others make strides with industry's Fair Trade standard. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
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6/10/03 | Small coffee farmers learn from giant Starbucks
Starbucks, the Ford Foundation and Oxfam America work with Fair Trade Mexican coffee co-op CEPCO to further farmers' technical skills. (The Seattle Times)
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6/9/03 | Largest Fair Trade presence ever at Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) conference 2003
Fair Trade presence was larger this year than ever. As a result of the event, some $1,150,000 in green coffee Fair Trade sales has been generated and the number continues to grow.
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5/22/03 | Guatemala/Mexico, Coffee Country, May 2003 on FRONTLINE/World
Sam Quiñones reports on the effects of the coffee crisis, coffee quality and the Fair Trade model in Guatemala and Mexico. (PBS Broadcast) Read More >

5/22/03 | Interview With Sam Quiñones: Covering Coffee Country
A reporter's changing view on Fair Trade and the mainstream consumer market. (FRONTLINE/World) Read More >

5/17/03 | World Fair Trade Day Celebration 2003
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5/15/03 | Dunkin' Donuts espressos to use Fair Trade coffee
New line of espresso drinks will launch this September on the East coast. (Forbes.com) Read More >

5/9/03 | Dunkin' Donuts Will Brew Fair Trade Beans for Espresso
One hundred percent of Dunkin' Donuts' espresso new espresso line will be Fair Trade Certified. (The Boston Business Journal) Read More >

5/4/03 | Talking Beans in Beantown
At a talk on Harvard Square, Fair Trade coffee producer Rene Ausecha Chaux asked consumers to think about the impact of the coffee they drink. (The Boston Globe) Read More >

4/23/03 | Fair Trade Coffee Urged on Campuses
Students at hundreds of universities across the nation are asking for Fair Trade in their cafes and dining halls. (Associated Press) Read More >

4/3/03 | Fair Trade Coffee Gets Boost from U.S. Churches
Lutheran parishes bought 50 tons of fairly traded products through the LWR Coffee Project last year, a 64 percent increase from the year before. (OneWorld.net) Read More >

3/31/03 | Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Awarded Top Rank by Business Ethics Magazine
The company was ranked #8 on Business Ethics Magazine's List of 100 Best Corporate Citizens Read More >

2/28/03 | Think Before You Drink
Mexican Fair Trade co-op member will visit D.C. area Orinoco Coffee and Tea, Ltd. to talk about the impact of the crisis and of fair trade certification on his community. (The Washington Post) Read More >

2/18/03 | Mayan coffee pickers migrate to misery
Hunger and homelessness plague a growing number of Guatemalan families due to enduring coffee crisis. (Greg Brosnan) Read More >

2/17/03 | Coffee with Cream -- And a Conscience
Does fair trade mean it tastes better? A guide to "cause coffees" (Time Magazine) Read More >

2/10/03 | 'Chocolate with a Conscience' Offered
The Fair Trade Certified label on chocolate guarantees consumers that cocoa farmers were paid a fair price and that no child slavery was used. (KRON News) Read More >

1/29/03 | Clyde Hill students grill company about child labor
Learning about forced child labor on cocoa farms in West Africa, these students have asked for Fair Trade. (The Seattle Times) Read More >