Comments on: Starbucks doubles fair trade commitment

By: Siel

Siel — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:30:49 +0000

Al — It’s like old times — sort of :)

So Katie — What’ll Starbucks’ increase in fair trade commitment be for 2010? :)

By: Katie Barrow

Katie Barrow — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:42:03 +0000

Hi Siel,

Thanks for covering this news – we at TransFair USA are very excited about Starbucks enhanced commitment to Fair Trade Certified. This is just the start – the first step in the development of their Shared Planet initiative.

To put this into perspective, Starbucks 2009 purchases (40 million pounds) nearly match total Fair Trade Certified coffee imports to the U.S. in 2005. And, more than 100,000 farming families are going to to directly benefit.

Thanks for your support!

By: Al

Al — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:40:36 +0000

HURRAH!

Namaste Siel…keep on rockin sister!

Much love

Al (aka CH)