This week DOMA Coffee is hosting a meeting of executive committee members from our green bean importing cooperative, Cooperative Coffee.  Each member has an inspiring story as leaders in the fair trade movement.  It is truly exciting to participate as we share and learn all that encompasses quality coffee and fair trade practices.

For Cooperative Coffee and the 24 community-based roasters that make up the cooperative, fair trade is represented as:

-Commitment to small-scale coffee farmers

-True partnerships with producer organizations

-Producers contributing with 50% of voting voice

-Total transparency through http://www.fairtradeproof.org/

-Long term relationships that empower farmers and encourage financial stability

-Sustainability

-An ongoing journey

 

In Attendance:

Mike Moon – Just Coffee

Monika Firl – Producer Relations, Co-oP Coffee

Lee Wallace – Peace Coffee

Tripp Pomeroy (son Hugh) – Café Campensino & Sweetwater

TJ Semanchin – Kickapoo

Chris Treter – Higher Grounds

Janet Utecht – Executive Director, Co-oP Coffee

Glenn Lathrop – Desert Sun

Helen Voogd – Bean North

 

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