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Fair Trade is trade that satisfies criteria re. the supply chain of the goods involved, usually including fair payment for producers and other social and environmental considerations. It's part of an organized social movement which promotes standards for international labor, environmentalism, and social policy in commerce between developed and undeveloped countries.

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Bringing Quality Coffee Together with Fair Minded Business Practices

Posted: Dec 05, 2007 – 03:00 PM EST

ADDIS ABABA/JERSEY - December 5, 2007 - A long-standing member of the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe and active in the Fairtrade Federation, the coffee and tea merchant Cooper & Co. has joined Ethiopia's network of licensed distributors. The company is based in...

Equal Exchange Named One of Ten to Receive First-Ever For-Profit "Social Capitalist" Awards from Fast Company Magazine

Posted: Dec 04, 2007 – 10:59 PM EST

WEST BRIDGEWATER, MA - December 4, 2007 - Fast Company magazine announced today that they have awarded one of its fifth annual Social Capitalist Awards to Equal Exchange, the worker co-operative best known for its pioneering work in Fair Trade foods and beverages....

Scottish Specialty Coffee Roaster Shows Support for Ethiopian Coffee Farmers

Posted: Dec 04, 2007 – 11:48 AM EST

ADDIS ABABA/LONDON - December 4, 2007 - As the birthplace of coffee, Ethiopia has a unique coffee heritage and many of its coffees hold the reputation of being best coffee in the world. Yet the farmers who produce and harvest this crop do...

Starbucks to Open Regional Farmer Support Center in Rwanda

Posted: Dec 01, 2007 – 12:00 AM EST

Company Continues to Expand its Commitments to the East African Coffee Community

Meet the People Who Make Your Morning Coffee Possible

Posted: Nov 29, 2007 – 10:55 AM EST

November 29, 2007 - Coffee is more than just a drink. It is about politics, survival, the earth and the lives of indigenous peoples.…He has a rich knowledge of the people and places of coffee, and knows how to tell our stories in...

UK Coffee Importer Demonstrates Concern and Commitment to Ethiopia’s Goals; Momentum Grows Globally.

Posted: Nov 16, 2007 – 09:50 AM EST

LONDON and ADDIS ABABA - November 16 2007 - A London based independent coffee importer, D.R. Wakefield (DRW), has joined the network of licensed distributors for Ethiopia's trademarked coffees of Sidamo, Yirgacheffe, Harar/Harrar. D.R. Wakefield has already shown its willingness to be an...

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters joins Ethiopia's new Distributors' Network

Posted: Nov 06, 2007 – 12:45 PM EST

Ethiopian Initiative reaches turning point in US Specialty Coffee Market

Display of Unity Further Raises Prospects for the Ethiopian Fine Coffee Sector

Posted: Oct 09, 2007 – 12:30 PM EST

ADDIS ABABA - October 9, 2007 - At an exuberant event at the Addis Ababa, 40 Ethiopian coffee exporters joined with H.E Yakob Yala, State Minister of Agriculture & Development and Mr Getachew Mengistie, Director General of the Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO)...

Planet Bean Signs Trademarking and Licensing Agreement with Ethiopia

Posted: Oct 03, 2007 – 10:00 AM EST

The first Canadian coffee company to become licensed distributor of Ethiopia's trademarked coffees

Farmers Launch Five-City U.S. Tour to Build Global & Local Unity, Celebrate Fair Trade Month

Posted: Oct 02, 2007 – 11:59 PM EST

BOSTON, MA - October 2, 2007 - Farmers from Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Georgia, along with local farmers from each region, will tell their stories in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. between Oct. 18 and Nov. 1st as...