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Comment by Chuck Jones on March 10, 2008 at 10:37am

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/guatemala.mexico/

Comment by Noelle on March 9, 2008 at 7:51pm

I have heard of that - have yet to watch it. Disclaimer about the essay .... it is not very in depth - the professor wanted a short, superficial study. But when i'm finally done i'll put it up. don't judge haha :)

Comment by Bel Townsend on March 9, 2008 at 11:20am

I'm sure you've probably heard of this if not already seen it, but go watch "Black Gold" - excellent film that explains *exactly* why you need to buy fair trade.

Also, a plug for my friends:
www.buildingnewhope.org - from there, click on the Coffee tab. They are a little NGO based in Nicaragua who support a fair trade coffee co-operative.
best of luck with it all, and please post the essay when you're done!

Comment by Noelle on March 8, 2008 at 12:21pm

cool - and very interesting! thanks...

Comment by Joe Stormer on March 7, 2008 at 2:15pm

speaking of Direct Trade: http://intelligentsiacoffee.com/origin/directtrade

Comment by jason robert paglia on March 7, 2008 at 11:24am

hey noelle,

in case you haven't looked into it yet, i would recommend researching some of the newer buying ethics that Stumptown Coffee Roasters is implementing in their Direct Trade method. It's a really good example of a positive direction for trade. And it seems to be somewhat of an evolutionary 'next step' in relation to Fair Trade economics. I look forward to reading your essay.

thanks,
jason

Comment by Jason Dominy on March 7, 2008 at 4:09am

Oh, this should be good....