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July 2008
A Cooperative Coffees e-Newsletter for and about Fair Trade
Issue No 2. July 2008
In this issue...
| Reach out!Outreach and special projects- 6th Annual BALLE Conference - CoopSol Recruits Producer Members - FTIS 2008 Roaster News - New CC member: DOMA Coffee Producer News - New projects at CEPICAFE Travel: Where in the World is Coop Coffees? - CoopCoffee's trip to Peru The latest in the Fair Trade movement - New Book about Coffee: Connecting Worlds |
Reach out!
Welcome! We are very excited to present you with the second edition of our new e-newsletter. We hope that this lovely monthly e-mail newsletter will regale, delight, and inform you with stories about the happenings in the world of CoopCoffees, the successes of our roasters, the achievements of our producer partners, and the latest trends in Fair Trade. This newsletter can also serve as a guide to help you discover all the nooks and crannies of our website by showing you where stuff is located on the site.
We look forward to getting your feedback. This newsletter is mean to be an open, communal communication tool, so if you have any suggestions for newsletter topics, materials to contribute, or a response to a past article, feel free to let us know about it by writing to bignews@coopcoffees.com.
Outreach and Special Projects
6th Annual BALLE Conference - June 5 to 7 2008
 | The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) hosted its annual conference in Boston from June 5 to 7, 2008. Many entrepreneurs in sectors like green building, renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, local food systems, and independent retail gathered together with community leaders and government officials to network about the requirements to build an economy that values long-term growth and sustainability. Monika Firl and Bill Harris from CoopCoffees were there to participate in a panel discussion about Fair Trade. Read more |
CoopSol Recruits Producer Members
FTIS 2008 - 3rd Fair Trade International Symposium
After the first two Fair Trade International Symposiums held in Montreal (Canada) in 2002 and 2006, the third symposium took place from May 14th to 16th 2008 in Montpellier (France). The topic of this symposium was “New Dimensions in Fair Trade: Implications and Challenges”. Monika Firl from CoopSol in Montreal and Santiago Paz López from Cepicafe (Peru) were there to share their experience in the world of Fair Trade and expand their networks.
Roaster News
New CC member : DOMA Coffee
Cooperative Coffees is thrilled by the new membership of DOMA Coffee, a roasting company from Post Falls, in the region of the lake Coeur d’Alene, in northern Idaho. DOMA is a coffee roasting company run with a strong social, economic and environmental conscience. DOMA Coffee shares the same values and vision about Fair Trade and sustainable development.
Producer News
A lot of things are happening right now with our producer partner CEPICAFE. The Peruvian non-profit organization is working really hard to diversify its production in order to maximize the communities’ incomes and develop their economy. Apart from their traditional production of coffee and cacao, CEPICAFE has been working on new projects of exportation of cane sugar, jams and candied fruits. They also have an eco-tourism project going on.
Travel: Where in the World is Coop Coffees?
From May 25 to June 2, members and representatives of Cooperative Coffees went to Peru to visit the producer partners’ installations and communities, to meet the staff and to learn about coffee processing, products and outgoing projects. Basically, the trip consisted of two parts: a visit with CEPICAFE and a visit with CENFROCAFE. Each part of the tour included a presentation, coffee cupping, a visit out to the farms and discussions about quality and coffee supply.
The Latest in the Fair Trade Movement
New Book About Coffee: Connecting Worlds
 | Connecting Worlds is a photographic travel book retracing the route taken by coffee from the Peruvian Andes to the cup of millions of consumers. This book is destined to serve as education material for consumers to tell them about the origin of the coffee they drink, and also for producers to inform them about the final products of their work. |
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