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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

Added by Bastiaan on November 5, 2009 at 11:23am — No Comments

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

Added by Guest on August 18, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

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

Added by Guest on August 15, 2008 at 1:31pm — No Comments

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. Continue

Added by Maarten on June 24, 2008 at 1:01pm — No Comments

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