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Fair Trade Coffee: Coming to a Cafe Near You

By Tamara Straus, AlterNet. Posted November 30, 2000.


Thanks to a coalition of nonprofits and ethical consumers, giant coffee retailers like Starbucks have agreed to sell coffee grown by decently paid, environmentally aware Third World farmers.

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