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This Fair Trade Month we’ve talked a lot about the benefits that go to farmers who are Fair Trade
Certified. Another aspect of Fair Trade though are the environmental criteria that cooperatives must adhere to in order to be certified. Farmer’s must identify conservation areas, specifically around water bodies and key watershed areas to protect against [...]

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Last week we wrote about a Save the Children food-security project in Bolivia. Another project we’re working with
Save the Children on is a food-security project in Sumatra, Indonesia.
This two-year grant is to help children and families in the coffee-growing communities improve their lives and future through Livelihoods and Improved Nutrition for Kids (LINK). Early childhood nutrition [...]

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We visited the KBQB Koperasi Baitul Quiradh Baburrayyan Cooperative this past March in Aceh Sumatra, in Indonesia and got to see up close and personal what the benefits of Fair Trade coffee are.

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A couple weeks ago, Rick Peyser, Director of Social Advocacy and Coffee-Community Outreach, along with members of our coffee

Waking up to Lake Tawar, Sumatra
Waking up to Lake Tawar, Sumatra

purchasing team, traveled to Sumatra. While part of the visit was to visit coffee farms for purchasing purposes, Rick was also there to visit with the Save The Children team on the ground and view the work they are doing with coffee-farming families.

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Read the story of hope in Fair Trade coffee farming in Indonesia.

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