More News about Fairtrade

[Stan Duncan]

Hi everyone, 

We've posted news bits now and then about the controversy over what does or does not constitute "Fairtrade." Here are two very interesting recent stories about that, both dealing directly with Equal Exchange. Peter and Charlie, you two may want to put in your own comments, being closer to the stories than the rest of us are. 

Stan

Too much caffeine? Fair trade coffees fighting Boston.com MONTPELIER, Vt.—Two stalwarts in the fair-trade coffee movement are at odds over a move by a national certifying organization to expand beyond small, farmer-owned cooperatives and allow larger growers to sell their product with a fair trade label.

Equal Exchange Challenges GMCR to Leave Fair Trade USA Co-Operative News Equal Exchange is the Massachusetts-headquartered business that introduced Fair Trade coffee to American grocery stores and coffee shops in the 1980s and 90s and who today remains the largest North American enterprise dedicated exclusively to buying ...

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