| Gourmet coffee lovers have been seeing a
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| | coffees. This leads to
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| few new terms in the
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| | dubious claims by some of the corporate
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| local premium coffee shop as they file
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| | coffee representatives
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| past the seasonal retail
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| | and has lead to the need for
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| displays of roasted whole bean bagged
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| | certification authorities.One group,
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| coffees. Phrases include
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| | Fairtrade Labeling Organizations
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| eco-friendly, organic, shade grown, fair
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| | International (FLO)
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| trade and certified
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| | has been active in monitoring and
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| sustainable. Most often those beans seem
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| | certifying, auditing and
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| to the casual buyer to
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| | verifying standards for sustainable
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| be simply more expensive than the
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| | coffees. Another, named
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| corporate mega-brands.But these few
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| | Transfair USA, carries on similar
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| phrases represent far more than at first
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| | activities in the American
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| glance,
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| | coffee market. Consumers are justifiably
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| including economic and social gains for
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| | confused when many
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| the growing regions and
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| | terms are applied to sustainable coffees
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| farmers, harvesters and processors of
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| | and fail to
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| green coffee beans at the
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| | differentiate between organic,
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| local level. Sustainable coffee means
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| | eco-friendly, fair trade and
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| premium prices and quality
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| | sustainable terms.Premium prices are
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| coffee due to organic farming practices,
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| | sometimes supported by certification,
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| fair market payment for
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| | labeling and monitoring by third-party
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| beans to local growers and quality
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| | organizations and
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| controls being adopted by the
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| | sometimes by local governments such as
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| "certified" coffee brands.Those premium
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| | the "Jamaica Coffee
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| coffee prices reflect growing concerns
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| | Industry Board." But some labeling is
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| worldwide
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| | simply slick sales and PR
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| of paying fair wages to growers, using
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| | by greedy corporations seeking premium
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| more expensive
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| | prices for average coffee
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| ecologically friendly organic farming
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| | beans, so support for labeling
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| practices, better pay for
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| | initiatives and independent
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| traditionally underpaid harvesters and
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| | certification is growing.Fair Trade and
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| processing workers and
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| | sustainable coffees are seeing increasing
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| strict quality controls being adopted
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| | production in Central and South American
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| for "certified sustainable
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| | growing regions, most
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| coffees."Daniele Giovannucci consults
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| | notably in Mexico and Peru. Columbia has
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| with governments, international
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| | seen some pressure and
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| agencies, and businesses on coffee
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| | attempts to divert production of cocaine
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| markets and production
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| | with coffee crops for
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| strategies to improve competitiveness
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| | the fair trade market with little major
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| and support innovative
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| | success to report so
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| environmental and rural poverty
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| | far. Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia are
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| reduction work. Giovannucci has
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| | big participants in
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| authored exhaustive studies, including
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| | sustainable coffees in Africa while East
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| the 2003, "The State of
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| | Timor, India and
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| Sustainable Coffee Report - A Study of
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| | Indonesia are major supporters of
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| Twelve Major Markets." study discusses
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| | sustainable coffee in Asia.With the North
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| coffee market forces in Europe and Japan
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| | American coffee market dominated by
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| and the growth of sustainable coffee
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| | multinational
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| around the world,
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| | giants Sara Lee, Kraft and Procter &
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| estimating that fair trade, organic, and
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| | Gamble, little interest has
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| eco-friendly coffees
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| | been shown in adopting sustainable
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| represent less than 2 percent of coffee
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| | coffee by major corporate
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| consumption in developed
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| | coffee producers. Meanwhile, Brazil and
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| markets.Another Giovannucci authored
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| | Vietnam, the world's No.
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| study, "Sustainable Coffee Survey
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| | 1 and No. 2 coffee producers,
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| of the North American Specialty Coffee
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| | respectively are flooding the
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| Industry," he estimates
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| | market with poor quality beans and
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| the Global market for sustainable coffee
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| | driving down coffee prices.But major
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| to be approximately
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| | grocery chains are seeing demand for
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| $565 million retail for over a million
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| | sustainable
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| 60 kilo (about 132
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| | coffee and may adopt fair trade and
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| pounds) bags of green coffee beans. is
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| | organic coffees to sell
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| estimated that growers of certified
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| | nationwide at Safeway, Kroger and
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| sustainable coffees
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| | Albertson's stores. Increases
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| can nearly double their income from
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| | in availability, demand and awareness of
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| otherwise depressed coffee
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| | sustainable coffee are
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| prices. So economically challenged third
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| | leading to more of the same in a
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| world countries see
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| | spiraling increase for fair
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| small farmers adopting organic growing
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| | trade organic and shade coffees in
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| techniques as a ticket
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| | premium markets. Some
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| out of poverty and subsistence.
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| | sustainable coffees are even finding
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| Corporate buyers are attracted
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| | their way into instant
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| to sustainable growers by consumer
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| | coffees, but the vast majority of the
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| goodwill and health concerns
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| | sustainable market is in
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| related to those organically grown
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| | premium and specialty markets.
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