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Just Coffee Delegations in the Wall Street Journal

Posted by matt at about 9am on Tuesday March 11, 2008

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Check out this article in the 3/11 edition of the Wall Street Journal about our delegations. Not normally known as a big booster of fair trade, they do a nice job outlining the basics of our trips to grower communities with our friends and partners.

For more info on our delegations, what they are, when they are, and how to get involved, please see the story below this one on our homepage. You can also click the delegations tab above for other info like pictures, stories on past delegations, and related projects like Fair Trade University.

Thanks and remember fair ain't free!!!

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fair is not free

Submitted by Anonymous on March 11, 2008 - 11:59am.

are you implying that i won't get free coffee anymore?

j-rod

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friar trade

Submitted by matt on March 11, 2008 - 2:08pm.

dear j-rod:

being j-rod you know that you will always be comped. by everyone.

in other natural foods news, does anyone yet have a patent on "lutte-fu". it would be a norwegian-style slab of tofu marinated in lye and buried under a porch for a year.

norvegan.

-Matt

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There's another writeup by

Submitted by kev on March 12, 2008 - 9:32am.

There's another writeup by Chris O'Brien over at Bean Activist.

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Wall Street Journal

Submitted by Anonymous on March 15, 2008 - 8:17am.

I read with interest he Wall Street Journal article, and can only imagine the dedication and unique spirit of the person that organizes and leads these events.
My congratulations!

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You got that right...

Submitted by matt on March 15, 2008 - 12:42pm.

You are totally right on.

Colleen, the leader of the trips, is in East Timor and probably does not have great access to the internets right now. I gave the reporter her contact and sent Colleen the reporter's contact along with other stories she had written, but I've never heard back from Colleen. I spent a good 15 minutes of the 30 we spoke talking about Colleen, who she is, what she does, her background, etc. I wish they had been able to talk.

If you are interested in knowing more about Colleen and her trips, please contact her at the e-mail address in the story below this one. And if you are interested in why the journalist chose not to mention her by name, you should contact the writer directly. Her contact is in the WSJ article, I believe.

Thanks!

-Matt

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