For people who believe in products Produced in Country of Origin (PICO)

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What is PICO?

PICO is an idea of some enthousiasts working in the international coffee chain. It means: Produced in Country of Origin. They saw that it was possible to import finished products. And DID it!

This community is for everyone interested in local end-products (coffee, choclat, chairs, etcetera). Including the producers themselves, researchers and the consumers! This is our Beta version, but please contribute to help create this all-chain community!

You can contribute by adding you comments, engage in the forum or by uploading video's, pictures and documents.

Please send an invitation to other interested people. To see all latest activity join the RSS feed found on the bottom right.

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Bastiaan

Escoffee beans officially declared best coffee of Ecuador.

Escoffee farmers received the first prize in a competition organized
by the National Association of Coffee Exporters ANECAFÉ.
The competition was held on home-turf, in the southern province of Loja.

Escoffee farmers harvest organic, shade-grown and hand-picked Arabica coffee.
Proper wet-processing of the coffee is of supreme importance to its quality; a method
which requires professional skills and passionate commitment. According to the jury’s
choice, Escoffee farmers succeed in carrying out t… Continue

Posted by Bastiaan on November 5, 2009 at 11:23am

Guest

Accusations of Fair Trade Lite

Posted by Siel in caffeine, fairtrade (July 2, 2008 at 9:49 pm), on http://greenlagirl.com

If you’re like most Americans, you have just a vague idea of what fair trade means (i.e. something “good”). Try to find out any more, and you’ll be bombarded with all sortsa crazy info, from how fair trade isn’t really fair to how some companies are going over and above than fair trade to how Starbucks is the fairest of them all to how big corps are fucking up fair trade.

You can catch up on those debate… Continue

Posted by Guest on August 18, 2008 at 1:30pm

Guest

WeBuyItGreen: promoting green living and fair trade

By Jay Kilby, original on http://blog.webuyitgreen.com

This is the third article in a five-part series that compares fair trade coffee, direct trade coffee, and Starbucks' C.A.F.E. program. The first article in the series, Why Do We Need Fair Trade Coffee?, explained how conditions in the traditional coffee industry gave rise to fair trade coffee. The second article, Fair Trade Coffee, explained how fair trade differs from the traditional coffee market. It also addressed several criticisms of f… Continue

Posted by Guest on August 15, 2008 at 1:31pm

Maarten

Traditional Aid or Aid-by-Trade?

It's always difficult to decide what kind of Aid really helps people and environment. I think Aid-by-Trade makes people more equal partners. No victim, but someone to do business with. I would like to discuss with others the advantages and disadvantages of different types of Aid.

Posted by Maarten on June 24, 2008 at 1:01pm

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Escoffee farmers received the first prize in a competition organized by the National Association of Coffee Exporters ANECAFÉ. The competition was held on home-turf, in the southern province of Loja. Escoffee farmers harvest organic, shade-grown a...
November 5
November 5
September 5
www.makemoneywith-google.com is now a member of MyPICO
September 5
Jobien Monster is now a member of MyPICO
July 15
Dag Pieter, verwacht vanaf September een 100% cacao reep met 'homecompostable' verpakking!!
May 9
Bastiaan added a discussion
De nieuwste PICO lijn ANANDA Chocolate zoekt nog een naam voor een van de vijf smaken. We hebben: Coffee Break, Mentally Mint, Blissful Banana, Extasis Negro en ... Pure Bliss... beter van niet he. Het is een 70% reep met stuje cacao (cacao nibs) ...
May 9
 

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