Archive for May 9th, 2007

Thousands of people across dozens of countries use the second Saturday of May to celebrate World Fair Trade Day. What will you do this May 12 to participate?
Here at CRS we are proud sponsors of World Fair Trade Day in the USA! Lots is going on for us all month long, including our staff out [...]

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I am writing this on the plane ride home from Long Beach, where I just participated in the 19th Specialty Coffee Association of America conference – my fourth since I took over the CRS Coffee Program in 2004.  As I think about this year’s conference and compare it with the three previous ones, it occurs [...]

Read the entry: The 100% Fair Trade Approach: Imitated, Never Duplicated →

Our friends from Nicaragua finished their first SCAA experience Monday, and Tuesday began a five-day speaking tour in the L.A. metro area.
Yesterday afternoon after the exhibition closed, they reflected on the experience.  “I never imagined I would come to something like this,” said CECOSEMAC’s marketing coordinator Immer Montoya.  President Adrian Arauz, pictured here on the [...]

Read the entry: Update: Nicaraguan Farmers Finish Show, Start Tour →

Dean Cycon, founder of CRS Coffee Program partner Dean’s Beans, has been making headlines for years – for his ads in The Village Voice challenging major coffee corporations to increase their commitment to Fair Trade, for his decision to withhold Fair Trade licensing fees from TransFair USA and return them to the farmers who grow [...]

Read the entry: Deans Beans Serving Landmine Victims in Coffeelands →