Archive for the '100% Fair Trade' Category

As Jackie wrote in a recent post, she will be participating next weekend in the Fair Trade Federation (FTF) conference, which runs from June 1-3 at American University in Washington, DC. Unfortunately, this year’s event is a members-only affair. Since folks won’t be able to wander in and get to know the remarkable [...]

Read the entry: Celebrating FTF Values →

The Fair Trade Federation is gathering its membership–those companies and organizations 100% committed to Fair Trade–for a conference coming up June 1-3 at American University. I’m going to be joining some CRS partners, Bob Chase of SERRV International, Bill Harris of Cooperative Coffees, as well as Mirian Ortiz, Coordinator of the wonderful Mayaworks Guatemala for [...]

Read the entry: Town Hall Meeting on Transparency: What would you say? →

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 →