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Lorna Young’s Legacy – Cafedirect still showing its credentials

26/05/2011 – 11:35 pm

Lorna Young was one of the founders of Cafedirect, and…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Lorna Young Foundation Enterprise | Also tagged agriculture, capacity building, certification, coffee, coffee trade, equal exchange, ethical consumer, ethical consumerism, ethical trade, fair trade, fairtrade, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, trade justice, Trade not Aid, tradejustice | Comments (0)

BBC Radio 4 Food Programme on the Coffee Supply Chain

15/05/2011 – 5:27 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b011297w As global coffee prices continue to reach record highs;…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Black Gold Foundation | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, APPG, BBC, Black gold, Black Gold Movie, Blackgold, coffee, Coffee Industry, coffee shops, coffee trade, Commodity Trade, ethical consumerism, Ethiopia, fair trade, fairtrade, Food Programme, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, OCFCU, Oromia Coffee Farmer Cooperative, Radio 4, Rainforest Alliance, Sheila Dillon, Shiela Dillon, smallholder, smallholders, starbucks, Supply Chain, trade justice, Trade not Aid, tradejustice | Comments (0)

Is Fair Trade the Answer? Huffington Post

17/03/2011 – 10:53 pm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-fletcher/why-fair-trade-is-not-the_b_837230.html

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Latest News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, Black Gold Movie, coffee, coffee shops, coffee trade, ethical trade, Huffington Post, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, trade justice, Trade not Aid | Comments (0)

fair trade coffee and other product sales growing

08/03/2011 – 10:12 pm

http://bit.ly/gLsUBr

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Latest News | Also tagged agriculture, Black gold, Black Gold Movie, coffee, coffee trade, ethical consumer, ethical consumerism, ethical trade, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, nestle, Rainforest Alliance, smallholders, trade justice, tradejustice, transfair | Comments (0)

How Ethical are the big coffee shop chains? – essential reading for all coffee drinkers

28/02/2011 – 10:02 pm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2011/feb/28/coffee-chains-ethical

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Black Gold Foundation, Latest News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, Black gold, Black Gold Movie, Blackgold, Caffe Nero, coffee, Coffee shop chains, coffee shops, coffee trade, costa, ethical consumer, ethical consumerism, ethical trade, Ethiopia, fairtrade, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, Rainforest Alliance, smallholder, starbucks, trade justice, tradejustice, Utz | Comments (0)

Landmark Statement from Fairtrade, Utz, RA

28/02/2011 – 7:56 pm

The major ethical trade certification organisations have agreed a joint…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Latest News | Also tagged African farmers, coffee, coffee trade, ethical consumer, ethical consumerism, ethical trade, fairtrade, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, Rainforest Alliance, trade justice, tradejustice, Utz | Comments (0)

Fairtrade the Solution for Cocoa-Growing Nations?

21/02/2011 – 11:16 pm

Another thought-provoking article about fair trade; this time with cocoa…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, capacity building, cocoa, divine, enterprise, ethical consumer, ethical consumerism, fair trade, fairtrade, ghana, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, smallholder, smallholders, trade, trade justice, tradejustice | Comments (0)

Kenyan Perspective on Rising Coffee Prices

21/02/2011 – 7:54 pm

An interesting news piece which gives a fresh angle on…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News, Updates | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Black gold, coffee, coffee shops, coffee trade, ethical consumerism, fairtrade, Kenya, smallholder, smallholders, trade justice, tradejustice | Comments (0)

20/01/2011 – 10:22 pm

An interesting article from the USA about the price pressures…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Black Gold Foundation, Updates | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Black gold, Black Gold Movie, Blackgold, coffee, coffee roasters, coffee shops, coffee trade, enterprise, ethical consumer, ethical consumerism, Ethiopia, fairtrade, LYF, small roasters, smallholders, starbucks, trade justice, tradejustice | Comments (0)

The Growth in Ethical Consumerism?

05/01/2011 – 9:21 am

The TSIC recently released a briefing on ‘The Growing Power of Ethical…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Latest News, Updates | Also tagged enterprise, ethical consumer, ethical consumerism, ethical trade, fairtrade, Lorna Young Foundation, shopping, smallholders, trade justice, tradejustice | Comments (0)