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Subject: [IMC-Seattle] Seattle Fair Trade Certified Coffee Tasting Event!
From: "Tori Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 14:56:33 -0700
To: "Tori Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fair Trade Certified(tm) Coffee Tasting Event
CEO of Only Fair Trade Certifier in the United States
Visits Seattle to Raise Awareness About Global Coffee Crisis
When:
Tuesday, October 1, 2002
Where:
Ballard Fred Meyer Store, 915 NW 45th Street
Event:
Fair Trade Certified(tm) Coffee Tasting Event 11:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m.
A rare opportunity to sample 12 varieties of Fair Trade Certified(tm) organic
coffee, now offered at 131 Fred Meyer Nutrition Centers. Also featured are 12
special food and drink recipes created for this event using Fair Trade
Certified(tm) organic coffee and other sustainably grown ingredients. One of
these recipes will be prepared for tasting at the in-store Cook-and-Tell kitchen.
Also meet Paul Rice, president and CEO, TransFair USA-the only Fair Trade
certifier in the United States. Since it was founded in 1998, as a market-based
response to inequitable trading conditions, TransFair has certified over 13
million lbs. of Fair Trade Certified(tm) coffee and generated more than $10
million in additional income for coffee farmers in developing countries. Fair
Trade Certified(tm) coffee guarantees farmers a fair price for their coffee,
while encouraging sustainable practices like organic & shade farming.
Learn from industry's foremost experts about:
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Fair Trade Certified(tm) coffee
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How Seattle residents can respond to the global coffee price crisis
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Why Fred Meyer is making such a major commitment to carry so much sustainably
grown and environmentally responsible Fair Trade certified coffee
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Cooking with Fair Trade Certified(tm) organic coffee and other organic/
sustainably grown ingredients
" Seattle residents can effect real change on critical global issues such as
immigration, starvation, drug trade and the environment -- and more immediately
make a real and measurable difference in the lives of farmers simply by buying
Fair Trade Certified coffee." -- Paul Rice
