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Posted in coffee beans on Feb 18th, 2010
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You’ve heard the term ‘fair trade’ but do you know what it means? Organic food expert and environmentalist Anna Lappe explains why she believes it’s important to buy fair trade coffee, and how to find it.
How to buy fair trade coffee
What is fair trade coffee?
* Basically, fair trade means the farmer who produced the product [...]
Posted in specialty coffee on Jan 22nd, 2010
Meet Geoffrey, of Kyagalanyi Coffee Co. (Crop to Cup’s specialty coffee export partner in Uganda). Geoffrey explains how farmers are organized in Eastern Uganda’s Bugisu region in order to improve on coffee quality and help build sustainable communities. Near the end of the video you can also meet Peter and Milton – two of [...]
Posted in flavored coffee on Jan 22nd, 2010
Fresh. Fair Trade. Local. Organic.
Good for you.
Better for the farmer.
Best for the planet
Green Star Coffee sources only
the finest organic coffees and
teas from the premier growing
regions around the world.
Each of our 100% Arabica coffees is hand blended,
roasted to order and only offered at their peak of freshness.
dan randall, roastmaster and co-founder
100% Organic flavorings
Offering [...]
Posted in coffee beans on Jan 18th, 2010
Part 4 – Second Crack & Grande Finale!
How to roast gourmet coffee beans with the master of coffee, Derryl Reid of Green Bean Coffee Imports.
Green Bean Coffee Imports is the first (and only) Manitoba company to be Fair Trade Certified to sell FTC (and organic) gourmet coffee.
In this clip, Derryl teaches how to roast coffee [...]
Posted in coffee beans on Jan 9th, 2010
Two Northern Michigan University (NMU) students – Lisa McCarthy of Greenville, WI and Sarah Swanson of Rapid River, MI – are giving presentations across the Upper Peninsula on their recent Lutheran World Relief trip to Nicaragua during which they met with coffee farmers and learned about fair trade.
This is the first of several excerpts from [...]
Posted in specialty coffee on Jan 2nd, 2010
From Crop To Cup — Our coffee begins its journey at 4,000 feet above sea level, in the cloud forests of Mexico. Watch as our premium beans are hand-sorted using ancestral techniques passed down many generations. Learn more at www.jalimacoffee.com.
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Posted in specialty coffee on Dec 14th, 2009
Let’s Talk Coffee (LTC) is the hallmark of Sustainable Harvest’s Relationship Coffee model. It’s an annual event that brings together all members of the specialty coffee supply chain to help build trusting, transparent, sustainable relationships.
Sustainable Harvest is a green specialty coffee importer with a unique mission to link small holder growers to better paying [...]
Posted in specialty coffee on Dec 1st, 2009
Second half of Sustainable Harvest Relationship Coffee Case Study. Sustainable Harvest is a for-profit coffee importer business with a strong social mission to provide sustainable, lasting markets for coffee farmers around the world.
As one of the largest fair trade coffee importers in the world, the price Sustainable Harvest pays growers is always well [...]
Posted in specialty coffee on Nov 19th, 2009
Sustainable Harvest is a green specialty coffee importer with a unique mission to link small holder growers to better paying markets using a concept it created called “Relationship Coffee.” As one of the largest fair trade coffee importers in the world, the price Sustainable Harvest pays growers is always well above the world commodity prices [...]