> Hmmm, I've heard that a meditation technique, I > forget what it's called, costs nothing, yet sells > for 2,500 bucks and the teacher only gets 50%.
What do you suppose the profit is on a million-dollar enlightenment course? --- Llundrub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm, I've heard that a meditation technique, I > forget what it's called, costs nothing, yet sells > for 2,500 bucks and the teacher only gets 50%. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: jim_flanegin > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 11:53 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Unfair trade > practices > > > I've also heard the same thing about a box of > cereal that sells for > ~$3.00; contains $0.03 worth of wheat or rice. > > --- In [email protected], anonymousff > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Next time you take a sip of that delicious > coffee, > > (the world's second biggest traded commodity > after oil) > > bear in mind, that for every $3 latte sold, only > > 3 cents(!) goes back to the farmer who produced > the coffee. > > > > We in western countries have been exploiting for > years, either > > knowingly or unknowingly, the coffee producers, > through > > unfair WTO policies, which ensure that virtual > slave > > labour is utilised to satisfy the unquenchable > > caffeine addiction of consumers in developed > countries. > > > > In Costa Rica, for example, the cost of > producing coffee is about > > 80 cents per pound. The standard going rate for > coffee is only > > 60 cents per pound. To earn even a subsistence > standard > > of living, farmers need to earn $1.20 per pound. > Fair > > Trade International pays 3000 of the coffee > farmers in > > Costa Rica, a fair price for their coffee, $1.20 > per pound, > > but that leaves another 59,000 farmers who are > still forced to > > exist on unfair returns for their hard labour. > > Organisations such as Oxfam, are doing their > best to > > raise awareness of this issue, and to remedy the > situation. > > > > Sooner or later, our coffee karma will catch up > with > > us............ > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an > email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the > Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
