http://coopcoffees.com Here are articles that are taking a look fair trade, its place in the marketplace and as a tool for sustainable development. daily 1 2007-07-31T19:28:09Z http://coopcoffees.com/all_news/media/articles/fair-trade-or-fairly-traded May 8, 2008. Minnesota Daily article discusses the coffee chain and coffee quality, citing Peace Coffee as an example of a true fair trader. No publisher sylvietrottier Fair Trade Coop Coffees Members 2008-05-12T15:14:47Z News Item http://coopcoffees.com/all_news/media/articles/fair-trade-still-striving-to-create-an-identity April 26, 2008. More people beginning to recognize that fair trade is not necessarily free trade. This Vancouver Sun article looks at consumers' growing awareness of fair trade, and at the challenges that still lie ahead in terms of people's notions of fair trade goes beyond just a "fair price". No publisher sylvietrottier Fair Trade 2008-04-30T18:09:32Z News Item http://coopcoffees.com/all_news/media/articles/regular-decaf-or-ethical Report on panel discussion at the University of Vermont titled "How Green Is Your Coffee?", featuring Monika Firl, producer relations at CoopCoffees, Mane Alves, CoopCoffees member and coffee cupper, and Ernesto Mendez, a UVM professor and contact for El Comanur cooperative in EL Salvador, looks the coffee crisis and the role fair trade plays in coffee producing countries. No publisher sylvietrottier Fair Trade Coop Coffees Members 2008-04-30T15:35:23Z News Item http://coopcoffees.com/all_news/media/articles/a-wal-mart-pr-issue-brews-anew Business Week. Retailing April 1, 2008, 6:35PM EST. The retailer's initiative to offer fair-trade coffee is pleasing environmentalists but reheating a debate over treatment of its workers No publisher sylvietrottier Fair Trade 2008-04-03T20:36:09Z News Item http://coopcoffees.com/all_news/media/articles/coffee-with-a-cause Consumer Reports: Greener Choices, Products for a Better Planet. A look at the gamut of coffee labels, and how to distinguish between them. No publisher sylvietrottier Fair Trade 2008-03-31T19:19:53Z News Item http://coopcoffees.com/all_news/media/articles/making-sense-of-certification-2014-fair-trade-direct-trade-rainforest-alliance-utz-whole-trade-and-organic March 30th 2008 Posted to Coffee Certification. Thorough overview of different coffee certifications and what they mean. No publisher sylvietrottier Fair Trade 2008-03-31T19:16:03Z News Item http://coopcoffees.com/all_news/media/articles/fears-grow-that-food-inflation-threatens-fairtrade Interesting Guardian article looks at the rising prices of the commodities market, and the affect this might have on fair trade producer cooperatives. No publisher sylvietrottier Fair Trade 2008-03-19T18:54:05Z News Item http://coopcoffees.com/all_news/media/articles/teach-us-how-to-fish-do-not-just-give-us-the-fish March 12th Guardian article that looks at the stories of three producers whose communities have been changed by becoming fair trade. No publisher sylvietrottier Fair Trade 2008-03-18T17:36:14Z News Item http://coopcoffees.com/all_news/media/articles/world-s-consumers-embrace-fair-trade-marketing This march 12th article by the World Advertising Research Center (WARC) looks at the growing success of fair trade marketing. No publisher sylvietrottier Fair Trade 2008-03-17T15:08:50Z News Item http://coopcoffees.com/all_news/media/articles/fairtrade-vs-food-miles A second look at the assumption that food that comes from farther away entails a higher carbon footprint, and what this means for fair trade. No publisher sylvietrottier Fair Trade 2008-03-13T19:34:20Z Page http://coopcoffees.com/all_news/media/articles/how-fair-is-fairtrade In response to fair trade's skyrocketing popularity in the UK, this BBC article looks at the questions that have been asked (particularly by the Adams Smith Institute) on the effect fair trade has in the developing world, and finds the resulting increased self-sufficiency of producers. No publisher sylvietrottier Fair Trade 2008-03-13T19:16:28Z News Item http://coopcoffees.com/all_news/media/articles/the-wall-street-journal2019s-fair-trade-faux-pas The Bean Activist blog reacts to the recent article in the WSJ on Fair Trade Travel, their free trade misnomer, and misguided interpretation that growth, and not justice, is the guiding force behind these efforts. No publisher sylvietrottier Fair Trade Members 2008-03-13T18:45:13Z News Item http://coopcoffees.com/all_news/media/articles/tours-to-fair-trade-farms-help-coffee-sellers-spread-word Wall Street Journal article on fair trade tours-highlighting Coop Coffees members Just Coffee, Higher Grounds, and Pura Vida-and their role in helping customers become fair trade ambassadors by seeing benefits first hand. No publisher sylvietrottier Fair Trade Members 2008-03-13T18:17:14Z News Item http://coopcoffees.com/all_news/media/articles/does-fairtrade-environmentally-friendly EcoSpace Conscious Community writes an article examining the environmental impact of importing fair trade goods in terms of their ecological footprint. No publisher sylvietrottier Fair Trade 2008-03-07T17:15:41Z News Item http://coopcoffees.com/all_news/media/articles/uk-based-fairtrade-foundation-responds-to-adam-smith-institute-report The Adams Smith Institute think tank recently released a flawed report decrying the injustices and insufficiencies of fair trade. The Fairtrade Foundation gives a counterpoint of each of their arguments in this press release. No publisher sylvietrottier Fair Trade press release 2008-03-04T19:57:32Z News Item