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General information about the coffee crisis

• A study, "Mugged: Poverty in Your Coffee Cup," by Oxfam America
• A series of background articles and updates from Global Exchange.
• Response to the Oxfam study by Proctor and Gamble.
• Background article in Zion's Herald by Stan Duncan
• Bacground paper for UCC Economic Globalization Project by Stan Duncan
• Article in Boston Globe about Equal Exchange and citing one of our recent delegations to Chiapas, Mexico

 
Information on the UCC/Equal Exchange FairTrade Partnership

• Background from Equal Exchange on the Interfaith Program
• Equal Exchange’s UCC-specific page about the project.
• Background from the UCC web page about the project and the partnership with Equal Exchange
• A new UCC paper on the meaning of "Fair Trade Certification ," written following the 2005 General Synod, when some people questioned who should and who should not be trusted producing Fair Trade products. ( PDF file. Size is 199228 bytes; approximate download time on a 56k modem is less than one minute.)

How to Order Fair Trade Products from Equal Exchange

• You can order online by going here.

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