Archive for May 6th, 2007

In a recent post titled “The End of Organic Coffee?” we told you about a USDA ruling that threatened to squeeze hundreds of thousands of small-scale family farmers out of the U.S. organic coffee market and dramatically reduce the amount of certified organic coffee available to consumers here in the United States. 
Good news!  The USDA just issued [...]

Read the entry: Update: USDA Postpones Changes in Organic Certification! →

In last month’s Special Coffee Issue of the CRS Fair Trader, we told you about Ethiopia’s campaign to trademark the names of its coffee regions.  Today we are writing with happy news: after two days of meetings in Seattle earlier this week, the Ethiopian Government and Starbucks issued a joint press release announcing an agreement [...]

Read the entry: Update: Ethiopia and Starbucks Reach Agreement! →