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Jeff
Academics Daniel Jaffee and Philip Howard recently published insightful graphics and data to illustrate updated data on some top businesses by the amount of Fair Trade coffee purchased, and by the % of Fair Trade Coffee purchased. Some key points include:
- Out of the top 10 world coffee roasters, 4 purchased some Fair Trade in 2008: Starbucks (19.9 M lbs.), Tchibo (12.1 M lbs.), Nestle (4.4 M lbs.) and J.M. Smucker (3.3 M lbs.). Fair Trade made up 0.003% to 5% of each of those companies coffee purchases.
- Among U.S. coffee roasters involved in Fair Trade, the percentage of their coffee purchases in 2010 made as Fair Trade ranged from 100% to to 0.5%, with volumes ranging from 0.1 to 21.3 M lbs.
- Starbucks, the largest purchaser of Fair Trade coffee in the world up until 2010, saw its volume of Fair Trade coffee purchases increase every year from2004 to 2009, before declining almost 50% in 2010.
See graphics and more data in Jaffee and Howard report.
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Jeff
On November 1, FTRN produced Webinar 118: A Community Discussion of What FTUSA Leaving FLO Means for Producers and the Movement-Part 2 with a Producer Leader. The panelist was Jerónimo Pruijn van Engelen, Executive Director of FUNDEPPO/Small Producers´ Symbol, and CLAC Delegate to Fairtrade International’s Standards Committee (CLAC-Latin American and Caribbean Network of Small Fair Trade Producers owns FUNDEPPO, which is managed independently from CLAC), and moderator was Jeff Goldman, Executive Director of Fair Trade Resource Network. Part 3 with FLO, and Part 4 with both FTUSA and FLO, are expected as webinars in coming weeks. You can download the 50-min recording of webinar 118, or register for upcoming webinars, at FTRN webinars.
 Some of the speakers’ main points from the webinar include comments below. (more…)
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Jeff
 Fair Trade Resource Network welcomes any individual to join FTRN’s Fair Trade Society, the only membership program in North America in an inclusive, national nonprofit solely devoted to Fair Trade!
Members partner with FTRN and each other to:
- Develop a home for individuals to collaborate & organize their voices
- Educate ourselves and others further about Fair Trade
- Facilitate and engage in dialogue within the Fair Trade movement
- Give input into FTRN’s programs
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Jeff
 Fair Trade USA (FTUSA) has announced that the dominant label on U.S. and Canada products certified as Fair Trade will change to the one pictured at left. Both the new label, as well as the outgoing “bucket boy” one, will appear on products sold in N. America in 2012. The new “Fair Trade Certified” label, for the first time, can also be used on products sold in countries outside of N. America. So, the 3 widely recognized product labels in Fair Trade (Fair Trade Certified, FAIRTRADE, and Fair for Life) will now be seen in the U.S., Canada, and other countries.
Details at new Fair Trade Certified Label Launch
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Jeff
In accord with Fair Trade USA’s (FTUSA) new strategy titled “Fair Trade for All”, which in part will begin allowing hired workers on plantations, estates and large farms to participate in the Fair Trade Certified system in a few more product categories (like coffee, cocoa and sugar), draft standards have been published. FTUSA is accepting public comments through December 30, 2011, and is publishing the final Hired Labor standards on February 15, 2012.
See the FTUSA draft Hired Labor standards and feedback process.
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Jeff
 Fair Trade Resource Network (FTRN) announces the 2nd webinar in a series in October/November for the public to discuss implications and ask questions about the Fair Trade USA Split from Fairtrade International. A producer leader is the panelist on November 1, 1:00-1:50 pm eastern, with more details below.
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Jeff
A former Starbucks barista has organized an online petition, already signed by over 17,000 people, asking Starbucks to make Fair Trade coffee readily available in its U.S. stores. The petition states: (more…)
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Jeff
Fairtrade International (FI, formerly FLO), announced this week that its highest decision-making body, the General Assembly, will now have producers at equal voting power as consumer-country labeling initiatives. The voting power of producer networks significantly increased from 3 out of 24 votes, to 12 out of 24. (more…)
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Jeff
On October 12, FTRN produced Webinar 117: A Community Discussion of What FTUSA Leaving FLO Means for Producers and the Movement-Part 1 with FTUSA. The panelist was Paul Rice, CEO of Fair Trade USA, and moderator was Jeff Goldman, Executive Director of Fair Trade Resource Network. Part 2 with FLO, and Part 3 with both FTUSA and FLO, are expected as webinars in coming weeks. You can download the 50-min recording of webinar 117, or register for upcoming webinars, at FTRN webinars.
Some of the speakers’ main points from the webinar include comments below. (more…)
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