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An
association of fair trade wholesalers, retailers, and producers
whose members are committed to providing fair wages and good employment
opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans
and farmers worldwide.
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Global
Exchange is a human rights organization dedicated to promoting
environmental, political, and social justice around the world.
This link goes to their Fair Trade coffee section.
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Ocean
Beach Grassroots Organization is an independent nonpartisan community
organization. We are dedicated to social justice, ecological wisdom,
civil rights, as well as gender and racial diversity. We are located
in the Ocean Beach community of San Diego, California.
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Founded in 1996 as a fair trade initiative of the
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Markets 100% Fair
Trade coffee from Guatemala and southern Mexico. Scott Patterson,
Minneapolis, 612-870-3440.
United
Students
Against Sweatshops
An organization of 200 campuses working on a national
campaign to stop sweatshops. Issues of economic and social justice
both on our campuses, in our cities and globally.
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An index
of Web resources pertaining to "the environmental consequences of
cultivating and processing coffee as well as the means of improving
organic cultivation and the biological diversity surrounding this
crop."
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Fairly
traded
gourmet coffee
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- CLOUDFOREST
INITIATIVES: www.hwpics.com/cloudforest-mexico/ St. Paul-based
100% Fair Trade coffee company, purchases from Mut Vitz. Takes
organized tours to visit coffee growing regions, and organizes
speaking tours of Mayans to raise awareness in the US. 651-592-4143.
- HUMAN BEAN COMPANY: www.thehumanbean.com
Colorado-based Zapatista solidarity coffee company, purchased
Mut Vitz's first container of Fair Trade coffee. Raises awareness
and support for the Zapatistas through coffee production and education.
To learn more about the political situation of the Mut Vitz cooperative,
contact Kerry Appel, kerry@thehumanbean.com.
- CAFE CAMPESINO: www.cafecampesino.com
Cafe Campesino is a 100% Fair Trade coffee company that bought
Mut Vitz's first container of coffee. Cafe Campesino also founded
Cooperative Coffees, an importing cooperative for Fair Trade roasters.
Based in Americus, Georgia; Bill Harris, 912-924-2468.
- THE CHIAPAS MEDIA
PROJECT: www.chiapasmediaproject.com The Chiapas Media Project
is a bi-national partnership that provides video and computer
equipment and training to marginalized indigenous communities
in Chiapas, Mexico. Based in Chicago, contact 773-583-7728.
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