Event Archives

2008

SCAA

April showers bring…the May Specialty Coffee Association of America conference. As usual, the early days of May brought us all the hoopla and excitement of the SCAA. This year the internationally renowned gathering was held in Minneapolis, MN. Coffee connoisseurs, industry insiders, aspiring café owners, roasters, producer country representatives, fair trade and not-so-fair trade importers, as well as sales reps of every possible coffee/café knickknack in existence, descended upon the Midwestern city in the thousands to meet, discuss, learn, shop and of course, “network”. Read the full report here.

The outreach committee has been working on a special alliance with the USFT.  After this year's annual convergence, the underlying spirit between our two organizations being so closely in line, the outreach committee have decided to announce the special partnership with the USFT.You can start by reading the USFT report for this year's convergence

Followed by getting more detailed information about the proposed alliance

IFAT

IFAT is the International Fair Trade Association, comprised of more than 300 Fair Trade Organizations (FTOs) from some 70 countries. IFAT’s mission is to improve the livelihoods and well being of disadvantaged producers by linking and promoting Fair Trade Organizations, and speaking out for greater justice in world trade. Cooperative Coffees, joined IFAT as a fair trade importer in 2004. We recently spent an inspiring week as participant in the 9th Biennial IFAT International Conference, held in Blankenberge, Belgium. Click the following links for a glimpse at the 2007 Conference Report  and the closing of the IFAT Global Journey. Or, for more information visit the IFAT website directly at: http://www.ifat.org