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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: fair trade

fair trade stories: 2 news summaries

 Tomatoes Bring Fair-Trade 
 Movement Stateside 

Meager pay, slavery conditions for pickers prompt boycott threat

Apr 29, 09 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - With tomato pickers earning 45 cents per 32-pound bucket—the same wage as 30 years ago—fair-labor coalitions have long staged protests and boycotts. Now one of the country's biggest food-services companies is taking up the cause, the Washington Post reports. Bon Appetit says that if growers don't agree to... More »

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migrant workers • minimum wage • labor • tomatoes • fair trade • growers • day laborers • Bon Appetit Management

 Coffee Nations Eye 
 Shares in Starbucks 

Colombia may buy stock, at bargain prices, in first quarter of 2009

Dec 23, 08 3:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The world’s coffee growing nations may swoop in to grab cheap Starbucks shares as the ailing company shutters stores and battles declining demand for premium beverages, Reuters reports. Colombia—the third-largest producer—could buy more control over the supply chain by nabbing “an important share” of the Seattle... More »

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Starbucks • coffee • Brazil • Colombia • shares • Central America • fair trade • coffee grower

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