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Up one levelFair 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.
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.
The Wall Street Journal’s 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.
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.
Pura Vida Coffee wins support of the House
Seattle Times reports on Coop Coffees member Pura Vida's bid to sell coffee to the U.S. House of Representatives based on a gold old fashioned taste test.
Coffee Review gives Fondo Paez 95 pt score
Coop Coffees has a gem in our midst. Kickapoo's Fondo Paez roast just got the top slot on CoffeeReview.com with a whopping 95 point score. Congrats to Wilman and all the amazing Paez farmers! And to Caleb at Kickapoo and his endless cupping! Read on below for the full review.
Co-Founders of Higher Grounds Trading Company to Visit Delaware
Article about Higher Grounds university visit.
Will Coffee Be a Casualty of Climate Change?
AlterNet article written by Dean Cycon of Deans Beans, on the effects of climate change on coffee and its producers.
Green LA Girl Review of Javatrekker
One of our members, Dean Cycon, founder of Dean's Beans, has written a book about his experiences traveling the world sourcing fair trade coffee. Green LA Girl blogger gives it a glowing review here.
Higher Grounds post in greendealsdaily.com
greendealsdaily.com checked out some of Higher Ground's blends in the latest blog post, and came up with a winning review.
Spilling the beans on fair trade
Naomi Lightman. Sept 27th, 2007. This is a feature article on the ongoing discussion surrounding the future of fair trade, written by Naomi, an intern at Cooperative Coffees last year, for McGill University's student newspaper, The McGill Daily.
Fair Trade or Fairly Traded
This is a great article that highlights the debates currently raging in Fair Trade circles: the place of multinationals, the role of FLO, and the minimum price of FT coffee. Many members are featured in the article, and Cooperative Coffees is given as an example of a player that is staying true to the integrity of the movement.
Dean's Beans Sponsors Innovative Radio Show for Coffee Farmers
CRS wire article on the Coffee Talk radio program Deans Beans helped set up in Guatemala
Montreal Gazette
Here is an article from the Montreal gazette, as part of their "On the Coffee Trail: from Nicaragua to your Cup" series, discussing the place of fair trade in Montreal, focusing of course on our Montreal-based roaster member, Cafe Rico.
Deans Beans Organic Co.: Organic Growth
Take a peak at this great article looking at the growth and business style of one of our very own roaster members.
Coffee Connection
Feature article in the Courier-Journal featuring producer partner Nahuala and a visit by Cooperative Coffees and Heine Brothers Co, in Louiville, Kentucky.
