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PRESBYTERIAN COFFEE PROJECT Coffee? What’s so important about coffee? The Presbyterian Coffee Project is a new way to help people in need while enjoying fellowship and an excellent cup of coffee. Presbyterian congregations that participate are supporting fair trade--practices which complement our mission with farmers in Latin America, Africa and Asia, as well as our commitment to stewardship of the natural environment. What is Fair Trade?
How does the Presbyterian Church get involved? The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is committed to fair trade standards as defined by TransFair USA. Voting delegates at the 213th General Assembly (2001) passed a resolution concerning fairly trade coffee and tea as well as organic sugar. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) co-sponsors the Presbyterian Coffee Project with Equal Exchange, an employee-owned certified fair trade company which purchases 100% of its coffees and teas according to fair trade standards. Equal Exchange was founded in 1986 to create a new approach to trade, one that includes informed consumers, honest and fair trade relationships and cooperative principles. Equal Exchange accomplishes these goals by offering consumers fairly traded gourmet coffee and tea directly from small-scale farmer cooperatives in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Its Interfaith Program links faith and fair trade, providing educational resources for congregations. What can our church do to help this project? Our Fellowship Team purchases coffee for fellowship events, such as coffee hour, through this program. The Outreach and Service Team want to make this coffee, tea, and cocoa available to you for home use. We will have some coffee available for your purchase, and we will order additional coffee, tea, and cocoa as requested. If you have questions on this project, please contact Linda Smith, Aileen Gardner, or Jane Dossett. For more information, see http://www.pcusa.org/pcusa/wmd/hunger/coffee
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Fair trade shares the
bounty of the coffee trade with those who grow the crop, helping them build a
better future for themselves and their communities. Through fair trade, farmers
earn a fairer share of income, have access to services that are otherwise
unavailable, and gain long-term trading partners they can trust.