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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, consumerism, equal exchange, ethical consumer, ethical consumerism, ethical trade, fair trade, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, trade justice, Trade not Aid, tradejustice | Comments (0)

East Timor Coffee Farmers Facing Tough Challenge to Scrape a Living

19/05/2011 – 9:17 pm

We don’t usually think of East Timor when we are…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Black Gold Foundation | Also tagged Black Gold Movie, Blackgold, coffee, coffee shops, coffee trade, East Timor, ethical trade, fair trade, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, Rainforest Alliance, smallholder, smallholders, starbucks, 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, consumerism, ethical consumerism, Ethiopia, fair trade, 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)

Black Gold Foundation Launch Nearing

11/05/2011 – 12:55 pm

You may know that the LYF has been working for…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Black Gold Foundation | Also tagged Africa, agriculture, Black gold, Black Gold Movie, Blackgold, BlackGold Foundation, coffee, coffee shops, coffee trade, enterprise, ethical trade, Ethiopia, LYF, OCFCU, Oromia Coffee Farmer Cooperative, smallholder, smallholders, starbucks, trade justice, Trade not Aid, tradejustice | Comments (0)

African farmers can help to transform the continent – Guardian Newspaper

05/05/2011 – 9:58 am

This is a great article which shows how smallholders in…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Black gold, Blackgold, enterprise, ethical trade, fair trade, Guardian Newspaper, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, smallholder, smallholders, trade, trade justice, Trade not Aid, tradejustice | Comments (0)

IFAD Conference in Cape Town Focus on Rural Poverty in Africa

05/05/2011 – 9:48 am

We particularly like the quotes from two participants about empowering young people…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, capacity building, Cape Town, coffee trade, education, enterprise, ethical trade, IFAD, rural poverty, Rwanda, smallholder, smallholders, trade, Trade not Aid, tradejustice, youth, youth enterprise | Comments (0)

Coffee Farmers “Benefit” from Higher Prices

01/05/2011 – 8:25 pm

This article, about payouts to farmers in Kenya for their…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Black Gold Foundation, Farmer Extension Programme | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Black gold, Black Gold Movie, Blackgold, coffee, coffee trade, ethical trade, fair trade, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, smallholder, smallholders, trade justice, Trade not Aid | Comments (0)

LYF’s Youth Enterprise Programme in the Yorkshire Evening Post

12/04/2011 – 2:01 pm

Our innovative youth enterprise programme is featured in the Yorkshire…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Latest News, Not Just Us, Project News, Updates | Also tagged African farmers, capacity building, Doncaster, enterprise, entrepreneur, ethical consumer, ethical trade, Ethiopia, fair trade, Leeds, smallholder, trade, Trade not Aid, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Evening Post, youth development, youth enterprise | Comments (0)

Not Just Us residential in the Lake District with Leeds DEC

03/04/2011 – 8:20 pm

Thanks to Leeds DEC, last month the Not Just Us…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Latest News, Not Just Us, Project News | Also tagged African farmers, Beeston, Bolling Coffee, capacity building, coffee, ethical trade, fair trade, Grumpy mule, Huddersfield, Leeds, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, NJU, Not Just Us, trade justice, Trade not Aid, training, youth, youth enterprise | Comments (0)

Support this Great New Venture in the UK

03/04/2011 – 7:54 pm

The LYF is actively supporting this fantastic new enterprise headed…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Latest News | Also tagged African farmers, Bruce Crowther, coffee, coffee shops, entrepreneur, ethical consumer, fair trade, Fairtrade Foundation, Fairtrade Towns, FIG Tree, FLO, Garstang, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, tradejustice | Comments (0)