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Coffee Kids's Blog – October 2009 Archive (5)

Deepening Fair Trade: A Panel Perspective

Coffee Kids was invited to participate on a panel at the Ross Net Impact Conference, "Markets with a Mission," at the University of Michigan on October 15-16.

The discussion, “Deepening Fair Trade: Efforts in Coffee-farming Communities to Improve the Lives of Farmers and Their Families,” reviewed approaches to creating more sustainable communities in the coffee lands. Along with Kyle Freund… Continue

Added by Coffee Kids on October 21, 2009 at 9:44am — No Comments

Visiting Friends in Ann Arbor

While in Ann Arbor for the Ross Net Impact Conference at the University of Michigan, Communications Manager, Kyle Freund, visited a few Coffee Kids friends.

Zingerman's Coffee

The Zingerman's Community of Businesses is a family of small food related companies in the Ann Arbor area. Each business is operated by one or more managing partners who share ownership and run the business. Kyle met with Allan Liebowitz and Steve Mangigian, managing partners of… Continue

Added by Coffee Kids on October 21, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Coffee Kids Voice from the Field: Jose (Chepe) Xalix Morales

We arrived at Chepe’s house at 6:55 p.m. just as the sun was beginning to set. He welcomed us and offered us seats while fiddling with the knobs on his radio.

Chepe, 29, is a proud participant in a Coffee Kids-supported literacy and education program managed by the Association for the Sustainable Development of Paraxaj (ADESPA) near the town of Acatenango, Guatemala. Coffee Kids has worked with ADESPA… Continue

Added by Coffee Kids on October 13, 2009 at 11:57am — No Comments

O Canada! O Coffee!

The Canadian Coffee & Tea Show in Vancouver begins Wednesday, October 14 and runs through the 15th. Coffee Kids will have a booth (#205) in the exhibition hall and is also a sponsor of the show. If you plan to attend the show, stop by our booth and say hello to Coffee Kids’ Development Coordinator Joey Apodaca.

The Canadian Coffee & Tea Show is a celebration of the global… Continue

Added by Coffee Kids on October 6, 2009 at 3:55pm — No Comments

Coffee is Not Enough for Families

A recent article in Time Magazine looked at Fair Trade and some of the problems coffee farmers are experiencing (Fair Trade: What Price for Good Coffee?). Rick Peyser of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, who serves on our board, is interviewed in the piece.

It all seems to come back to, 'coffee is not enough.' In many of these… Continue

Added by Coffee Kids on October 1, 2009 at 9:59am — No Comments

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