For people who believe in products Produced in Country of Origin (PICO)
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What is PICO?
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.
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Escoffee beans officially declared best coffee of Ecuador.
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
Accusations of Fair Trade Lite
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
WeBuyItGreen: promoting green living and fair trade
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
Traditional Aid or Aid-by-Trade?
Posted by Maarten on June 24, 2008 at 1:01pm
Forum
About chocolate - where can I get the real bean - without the nonsense of added sugar and milk powder. 3 Replies
Started by Pieter. Last reply by Bastiaan May 9.
Ananda Chocolate
Started by Bastiaan May 9.
Where can I buy producs of local origin?
Started by Maarten Jun. 15, 2008.
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Sustainable Choclat
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Indian Coffee Ceremony
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Cooking with Quinoa
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Making Choclat in Quito
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Suelo Choclat
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Morning Coffee
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