Organic Brochure
What is Fair Trade
Coffee?
Fair Trade Coffee is designed to benefit coffee farmers and the environment. In many coffee-producing countries, small coffee farmers receive such low prices for their coffee that they cannot even cover the cost o f production and support their families. In fact, coffee prices have recently fallen to an all-time low, causing extreme hardships for many Latin American farmers.10
References
1.“AntibioticResistance: Playing Chicken With Essential
Drugs”, Environmental Defense Fund, http:// www.environmentaldefense.org/documents/ 619_abr_general_factsheet_rev2.pdf
2.“Consumer Information”, USDA’s National Organic
Program, http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/ Consumers/
Consumerhome.html
3.Peter Singer, “Animal Liberation”, pp.147-150.
4.B. P. Baker; C. M. Benbrook; E. Groth; K. Lutz
Benbrook. 2002. Pesticide residues in conventional, integrated pest management (IPM)-grown and organic foods: insights from three US data sets.
Fair Trade coffee farms, certified by TransFair
USA, are required to ensure that the coffee was grown using sustainable methods (such as organic farming) and that farmers receive a fair price for their coffee beans. Fair Trade coffee farming ensures that families benefit from improvements in education, housing, and healthcare. Currently, organic Fair Trade coffee and espresso can be purchased at
Café Vivian in the Frist Campus Center. Be sure to ask for organic Fair Trade coffee by name. Dining Services is considering making organic Fair Trade coffee available in other locations based on the popularity of the organic Fair Trade coffee sold in Café
Vivian.
5.“Organic Food Benefits”, Nutiva Corporation, http:// www.nutiva.com/nutrition/organic.php 6.“Benefits of Organic Farming”, Soil Association, http:// www.soilassociation.org/sa/saweb.nsf/Farming/ benefits.html
7.“The Benefits of Organic Food”, Positive Health magazine, http://www.positivehealth.com/permit/
Articles/Organic%20and%20Vegetarian/frost47.htm
8.“New USDA Standards
Coffee?
Fair Trade Coffee is designed to benefit coffee farmers and the environment. In many coffee-producing countries, small coffee farmers receive such low prices for their coffee that they cannot even cover the cost o f production and support their families. In fact, coffee prices have recently fallen to an all-time low, causing extreme hardships for many Latin American farmers.10
References
1.“AntibioticResistance: Playing Chicken With Essential
Drugs”, Environmental Defense Fund, http:// www.environmentaldefense.org/documents/ 619_abr_general_factsheet_rev2.pdf
2.“Consumer Information”, USDA’s National Organic
Program, http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/ Consumers/
Consumerhome.html
3.Peter Singer, “Animal Liberation”, pp.147-150.
4.B. P. Baker; C. M. Benbrook; E. Groth; K. Lutz
Benbrook. 2002. Pesticide residues in conventional, integrated pest management (IPM)-grown and organic foods: insights from three US data sets.
Fair Trade coffee farms, certified by TransFair
USA, are required to ensure that the coffee was grown using sustainable methods (such as organic farming) and that farmers receive a fair price for their coffee beans. Fair Trade coffee farming ensures that families benefit from improvements in education, housing, and healthcare. Currently, organic Fair Trade coffee and espresso can be purchased at
Café Vivian in the Frist Campus Center. Be sure to ask for organic Fair Trade coffee by name. Dining Services is considering making organic Fair Trade coffee available in other locations based on the popularity of the organic Fair Trade coffee sold in Café
Vivian.
5.“Organic Food Benefits”, Nutiva Corporation, http:// www.nutiva.com/nutrition/organic.php 6.“Benefits of Organic Farming”, Soil Association, http:// www.soilassociation.org/sa/saweb.nsf/Farming/ benefits.html
7.“The Benefits of Organic Food”, Positive Health magazine, http://www.positivehealth.com/permit/
Articles/Organic%20and%20Vegetarian/frost47.htm
8.“New USDA Standards