Two weeks ago, we did a coffee cupping at the offices of our friends and investors Trillium Asset Management. I joined Alistair, and Beth Ann and Mike from our Quality Control team, for a two-hour tasting.
Thinking about coffee cupping with Brokers and Bankers, I didn’t expect everything to be very relaxed and open. Yet beginning [...]
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Coffee Cupping – breaking the crust
Posted in SRI, coffee, investors, news on May 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The nickel is coming. Thank you.
Posted in FLO, fair trade, investors, small farmers on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On June 1, 2008, the official Fair Trade minimum price for coffee goes up five cents.
Didn’t it go up last year? Why, yes it did. In 2007, FLO (the Fair Trade standards body) raised prices 5-10 cents. But Equal Exchange and many of our 100% Fair Trade colleagues felt that wasn’t enough. We could have [...]
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