Archive for June, 2008

The summer season means travel time for many people, and Fair Traders are no different. Our own Simone Blanchard, Program Officer and Fair Trade Enthusiast in the CRS Atlanta office, is joining our friends from Cooperative Coffees to visit Central America. Simone and her traveling buddies aren’t taking a summer vacation though. They [...]

Read the entry: Three Coffee Countries in Eight Days: CRS Hits the Trail →

As a follow up to the Business Week article Jackie blogged about earlier this week, I wanted to share a couple examples of some parishes that are on fire about Fair Trade. These just happened to land in my inbox this week, but they’re great examples of how numerous parishes out there are rallying [...]

Read the entry: Parishes On Fire About Fair Trade →

I confess I am behind on my blog postings. But Business Week did my job for me today by posting a story about faith-based commitment to Fair Trade. Check out this news about our friends at Lutheran World Relief and Presbyterian Church USA, as well as how the Adrian Dominican Sisters helped get our [...]

Read the entry: Business Week Reports on Faith-based Fair Trade →

The Economic Justice team just wrapped up another successful CRS Fair Trade Ambassador training near Seattle, WA. Eighteen individuals, alongside CRS-West staff and our program partners, received intensive training and were offered space and time for spiritual reflection, before committing themselves to be word-of-mouth marketing Ambassadors. Our first such training was this time [...]

Read the entry: What is a Word-of-Mouth Ambassador Anyway? →

 The Fair Trade Labeling Organization International (FLO) has increased the price for Fair Trade Coffee! FLO sets the minimum price for Fair Trade coffee and, effective this June, increased the price to $1.25/lb. The price increase is the result of extensive field research into the real costs of sustainable coffee production, which indicated that an adjustment [...]

Read the entry: A Better Price for Coffee Farmers →