Archive for the 'Sustainability' Category

During the opening ceremony of the 2008 SCAA in Minneapolis, MN, Bill Fishbein, owner of CRS coffee partner Coffee Exchange and founder of Coffee Kids, made a presentation on the 20th anniversary of Coffee Kids, an organization which helps coffee-growing families improve the quality of their lives. He made the simple but challenging statement that […]

Read the entry: Specialty Coffee’s Return to Its Roots →

Although as a member of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, I don’t celebrate Palm Sunday as a holy day, I am definitely paying tribute to the ecumenical cooperation manifested through support of Eco-palms, an initiative of Lutheran World Relief. Media outlets, too, are reporting that congregations of several Christian faiths are utilizing these […]

Read the entry: Putting our Heads Together →

That question was the title of a sermon I heard at The United Church in Washington, DC this past weekend. The church, a combined ministry of the Methodist Church and United Church of Christ, hosted a United Students for Fair Trade regional convergence that Katy and I were honored to attend. I gave […]

Read the entry: Students and Fair Trade: “Organizing for What?” →

Like many kids, I knew Easter was coming when Palm Sunday rolled around. It wasn’t just the desire for a basket full of bunnies and fluorescent colored chicks that built the anticipation. The story of Jesus entering Jerusalem in all his glory, with the crowds waving palm branches and shouting greetings, filled me […]

Read the entry: Order Soon to Add Justice and Joy to Palm Sunday →

I, Jackie, would like to turn over the reigns of this blog to Steve for the day. He is the winner of the Raise Money Right chocolate selling contest. He and his mom are on the delegation and have been great members of the team. Steve’s mom is a nurse and […]

Read the entry: Tap Water Turns the Tide by Steve White →

The View from Peru: Beneath the “Fair Tradar”
Fair Trade is extra-ordinary because it enables ordinary people like us to have a direct impact on the lives of families all around the world through the consumer choices we make every day.  But the Fair Trade consumer opportunities that are available to us are limited, and represent only […]

Read the entry: All in the (Camel) Family →

Just got this note this morning from the Sisters of St. Joseph, an inspiring order of religious women based in Pennsylvania:

“The Sisters of St. Joseph are now serving Fair Trade tea and coffee in their Motherhouse Dining Room in Baden, Pa.
This effort is an extension of the sisters’ commitment to ‘build sustainable communities.’ The […]

Read the entry: Fair Trade Joe. Go Sisters, Go! →

I drink Fair Trade coffee because…well…mostly because our partners sell coffee that is out-of-this-world good! I also drink it because it promotes economic justice and sustainable farming in coffee-growing communities overseas. Recently, however, I have come to discover that the Fair Trade principles that motivate our partners here in the United States have […]

Read the entry: How Green is Your Fair Trade Coffee? →