Worldwide Sustainable Coffee Fund
October 27/2005
With the goal to promote quality on a large scale in the coffee business, from the tree to the cup, the Worldwide Sustainable Coffee Fund is a proposal on how to finance and execute the activities to this end.

Do you like your beans green?
Toronto Business Times   October 9/2004
The Green Beanery, a non-profit company that aims to help small coffee farmers in the Third World, has become Canada's newest merchant in specialty green coffee beans.

Oxfam to launch Progreso fair trade coffee shops
nosweat.org.uk   May 14/2004
Oxfam and the UK’s largest independent coffee roaster, Matthew Algie, announced plans to launch a chain of fair trade coffee shops, called Progreso.

Fair Trade coffee
Cafe Unidos   May 10/2004
Brief history and definition of Fair Trade coffee.

The ethical trade initiative
ethicaltrade.org   April 22/2004

Coffee markets, new paradigms in global supply and demand
The World Bank   March 1/2004

Vietnam and the world coffee crisis: Local coffee riots in a global context
Focus on the Global South   March 1/2004
Even as coffee prices collapse coffee growers are forced to intensify the use of fertilisers and raise production to try to meet debt repayments. The result is usually bankruptcy.

The global coffee trade
Stanford graduate school of business   February 19/2004
When you buy your daily cappuccino, the farmer who grew the coffee beans receives less than one percent of what you pay for it. About 6 percent of the price you pay for coffee in the supermarket goes to the farmer.

The espresso is coming! The espresso is coming!
Dunkin' Donuts press release   February 5/2004
Dunkin' Donuts' espresso-based beverages will only use Fair Trade Certified coffee beans. Fair Trade coffee beans are certified by an independent nonprofit organization, TransFair USA.

2003 Report on Fair Trade
2003 Report on Fair Trade Trends in US, Canada & the Pacific Rim   June 1/2003
The second annual Report on Fair Trade Trends provides an overview of the Fair Trade movement in North America and the Pacific Rim.

Fair Trade trends
Fair Trade Toronto   June 1/2003
The report details the industry structure, sales, product sourcing, employment, Fair Trade monitoring, certification and labelling, services to producers, and advocacy.

Profile of Denise Sutherland Fairtrade farmer
June 1/2003
Member of Langley Park Fairtrade Group on St Vincent and representative of Windward Islands Farmers Association.

Fair Trade: The time is now
April 28/2003
TransFair Canada announces the launch of the second National Fair Trade Week.

Fair Trade: How it started and why it's needed
April 1/2003
International trade in food commodities has increased significantly but the benefits have rarely reached the producers. Millions of landless labourers and small farmers in southern countries do not earn enough income to meet their basic needs.

Fair Trade: How it works and who it benefits
April 1/2003
The growing world-wide network of Fair Trade labelling organizations, of which TransFair Canada is a member, now numbers seventeen. Altogether the movement supports more than 800,000 producers in 45 countries.

An overview of fair trade and organic coffees
Agro Eco Consultancy   February 11/2003
As the overall coffee consumption is declining in most of the countries studied, both fair trade and organic coffees continue to grow at high rates.

Fair Trade in the windward islands
Association of Caribbean Farmers   February 1/2003
The first Fair Trade banana from the Windward Islands was shipped in July 2000. Farmers were able to see that Fair Trade can work and that it brings a lot of benefits.

TransFair Canada 2002 financial statement
TransFair Canada   January 27/2003

Reference guide - trade in agricultural products (doc file)
SNV Netherlands   September 1/2002
An overview of some of the main issues involved in (foreign) trade, with a special focus on small-scale producers of agricultural products in developing countries.

Scarcity and surfeit, conflict and coffee in Burundi
African centre for technology studies   August 1/2002
This study re-examines the conflict in Burundi and the conflict management initiatives and processes aimed at mitigating it in the light of the contribution of environmental and ecological factors in causing violence.

Technology and globalization
University of Sussex   June 1/2002
Who gains when commodities are de-commodified?

Vietnam and the world coffee crisis: Local coffee riots in a global context
Focus on the Global South   March 1/2002
Even as coffee prices collapse coffee growers are forced to intensify the use of fertilisers and raise production to try to meet debt repayments. The result is usually bankruptcy.

Mugged: Poverty in your coffee cup
Oxfam America - Make Trade Fair   January 1/2002
There is a crisis destroying the livelihoods of 25 million coffee producers around the world. The price of coffee has fallen by almost 50 percent in the past three years to a 30-year low.

Challenges facing Fair Trade: which way now? (doc file)
Paper for the DSA conference 2001    September 12/2001
Fair Trade faces challenges at both ends of the supply chain, reflecting the dual roles of Fair Trade as a business and development instrument.

Coffee markets in east Africa
Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen University   September 1/2001
Local responses to global challenges or global responses to local challenges?

Agricultural exports of developing countries: unlocking the potential
United Nations conference on trade and development   July 16/2001
Coping with competitive markets and market barriers while maximizing the opportunities of niche markets and organic agriculture.

Rapid commodity assessment series
Development Alternatives Inc.   July 1/2001
Prepared for the USAID-funded Haiti hillside agricultural program.

The 'latte revolution'?
Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen University   June 1/2001
Winners and losers in the re-structuring of the global coffee marketing chain.

Discussion on organic coffee in the year 2000
International Coffee Organization   September 28/2000
Summary of a round table discussion on coffee produced by “organic” farming methods and the position in the year 2000.

Sustainable, organic and speciality coffee production, processing and marketing
Organic Agriculture at FAO   February 1/2000
Discussion on how to produce better quality coffee, sustainable coffee and organic coffee, using the experience of current practitioners and the combined knowledge of the group and the coffee world.

The U.S. organic market
Harvard Institute for International Development   February 1/2000
This paper reviews and analyzes what is known about the U.S. organic market and expectations for its growth and development.

Who benefits?
International Institute for Environment and Development   January 30/2000
This report is a first attempt to increase understanding of the social impacts of environmentally-driven trade.

Sustainable coffee at the crossroads
The Consumer’s Choice Council   October 15/1999
Coffee is one of the most powerful and universal commodities in the world today. It is the second most traded commodity after petroleum and a vital source of export earnings for many of the developing countries that grow it.

Trouble brewing: the changing face of coffee production
World Resource Institute - Global Environmental Trends   January 1/1999
For well over a century, coffee has been a major export from Latin America, shaping both the economy and the natural landscape of the region.

Merging ecological and social criteria for agriculture: the case of coffee
University of Maryland   December 1/1997
What conclusions can be drawn concerning the efficacy of coffee certification as a tool for conservation and social reform?

Imperfections in the coffee market
University of Groningen   April 1/1997
This study has investigated the market of one agricultural sector. This sector concerned the coffee production and marketing in Indonesia.