Two Northern Michigan University (NMU) students – Lisa McCarthy of Greenville, WI and Sarah Swanson of Rapid River, MI – are giving presentations across the Upper Peninsula on their recent Lutheran World Relief trip to Nicaragua during which they met with coffee farmers and learned about fair trade.
This is the first of several excerpts from their presentation.
In part three, the students describe how the women of Nicaragua are treated with respect, the importance of families and the environmental protection efforts of one Nicaraguas organic farmers.
The NMU students among 13 Americans on Lutheran World Relief Study Tour entitled NICARAGUA: Pour Justice to the Brim from January 5-12, 2009
The group visited the capitol of Managua, and the cities/villages of Matagalpa, Jinotega and La Reyna.
Fair trade ensures fair wages, and protects women’s rights and human rights plus fights poverty.
Arriving at the peak of the coffee harvest, the students visited many aspects of the industry including dry mills, wet mills and coffee cooperatives.
They spoke on January 13, 2008 to a group at the St. Mark’s Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Marquette, MI.
Related links:
LWR Study Trips
http://www.lwr.org/study
Lutheran Campus Ministry (LCM) at Northern Michigan University (NMU)
http://www.nmulutherans.org
http://www.nmulutherans.org/newsletter.html#fragment-5
http://www.lakesuperiorinterfaith.com
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
http://www.elca.org
Northern Great Lakes Synod (NGLS)
http://www.nglsynod.org
http://www.nglsynod.org/about-our-synod.html
LWR Study Tour on January 5-12, 2009 – NICARAGUA: Pour Justice to the Brim:
http://www.lwr.org/study/nica
Fair Trade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_trade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fairtrade_Certification_Mark
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade
http://www.crsfairtrade.org/assets/fair-trade-timeline.pdf
http://www.fairtrade.net
http://www.transfairusa.org
http://www.usworker.coop/front
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Fair_Trade_Organization
Equal Exchange
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Exchange
http://www.equalexchange.coop/fair-trade
http://www.equalexchange.coop
Videos
http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2007/03/12/make-your-sweet-tooth-an-equal-exchange/
http://www.equalexchange.coop/new-video
SolCafé
http://www.vianica.com/activity/122/visit-to-the-solcafe-coffee-processing-plant
http://schweisguth.org/~melissa/nicaragua/solcafe.html
CECOCAFEN
http://www.equalexchange.coop/profile-of-cecocafen-in-nicaragua
http://www.transfairusa.org/pdfs/profiles/Cecocafen-Nica.PDF
http://www.alternativa3.com/2006/productores.php?id=150&idioma=en
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/cecocafen
Nicaragua coffee cooperatives
http://fairtrade.change.org/blog/view/face_of_fair_trade_la_fem_coffee_cooperative
http://crs.org/nicaragua/women-coffee-coop
http://www.equalexchange.coop/worker-owned
http://www.usaid.gov/stories/nicaragua/cs_nc_coffee.html
http://justcoffee.coop/en/geography/nicaragua
http://www.nicaraguasc.org.uk/partners/index.htm
Center for Global Education
http://globaled.us
http://www.globaled.us/wwcu
http://www.globaled.us/wwcu/state.asp?region=Michigan
Fair Trade Principals
http://www.kaldi.com/fair-trade-coffee.htm.
Email LWR Coffee Project & Fair Trade
fairtrade at lwr.org
Update Fair Trade projects/participate in LWR Action Center:
http://action.lwr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=SignUp
Lutheran World Relief & Fair Trade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheran_World_Relief
http://www.lwr.org/coffee/justice.asp
http://www.lwr.org/coffee/lwt.asp
http://www.lwr.org/coffee/elsal.asp
http://www.lwr.org/coffee/elcanr.asp
http://www.lwr.org/coffee/faith.asp
http://www.lwr.org/coffee/cup.asp
http://www.lwr.org/coffee/justice.asp
http://www.equalexchange.coop/LWR-Delegation-to-Nicaragua
http://www.lwr.org/fairtrade/resources.asp
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This is the first of a series of video blogs documenting the trade of coffee between the coffee cooperative, Coope Pueblos, here in southern Costa Rica to the United States. This video focuses on the last day of the coffee harvest here as we helped Roberto Jimenez pick the last of his beans for the season. Check out more at www.fincaproject.org
a musical journey through the lives and careers, of superstar slow roasted coffee legends, Frank Sumatra, Bean Martin, and Sammy Decaf Jr, as they ply their wares in the heady, fair trade/organic showbiz world bringing their unique style,to the taste buds of an unknowing public used to the worthy but more mundane coffee ‘hoofers’ of beverage tinseltown ‘Las Grindas’”
Sustainable Harvest is a green specialty coffee importer with a unique mission to link small holder growers to better paying markets using a concept it created called “Relationship Coffee.” As one of the largest fair trade coffee importers in the world, the price Sustainable Harvest pays growers is always well above the world commodity prices for coffee. 
Marley Coffee produces and sources the finest organically grown, fair wage coffee in the world. Founded in 2007 by Bobs son Rohan and Shane Whittle, the company will continue Bob Marley’s legacy through an unwavering commitment to social and environmental responsibility. 
This is a shade-grown organic and Fair Trade Certified arabica coffee bean that is light roasted fresh specifically for your order. Costa Rican is a very clean (washed processed) coffee. The region from which we source our coffees are very environmentally conscience, from the animals to water usage to recycling. Flavor profiles range from apricot to peach-like hints to chocolate flavor. This coffee is roasted to a medium roast to bring out the brightness and to insure that these ful tastes are not diminished by a dark roast profile. This coffee is excellent for a cheery morning wake-up or an afternoon break.
Part 3 – The Beans Develop Their Energy!
This video was generously made by local filmmakers Gabe and Jacob of 612Authentic. They wanted to do a short film about a Minneapolis based company doing business differently. They hung out with us for a few days and filmed from inside our delivery trailer while our bike deliverers pulled them around town. They attended a bunch of coffee cuppings and left Peace Coffee highly caffeinated. The video they put together is a great representation of what makes our company a unique and fun place to work. Big thanks to Pert Near’ Sandstone for letting us use their music in the film.The Peace Crew and the farmers that grow it are very proud of our coffee. Thanks to all of you that choose us for your cup of java.
Learn about the world of Coffee, from producer to consumer. Listen as Chris and Jody Treter, talk about how they got started as coffee roasting artisans. Learn how they purchase coffee beans directly from small scale independent growing groups around the world. See how they take raw coffee beans, meticulously roasting different varieties of beans at specific temperatures to produce a unique flavor for each type of bean. For more information on Higher Ground Coffee Roasters, of Traverse City, MI, visit Chris and Jody’s website at: www.highergroundstrading.com
How to roast gourmet coffee beans with the master of coffee, Derryl Reid of Green Bean Coffee Imports.
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