Re: Re: Re: coffee cartel

2002-06-13 Thread Michael Perelman
Lou responded with the Oxfam proposal, but fair trade coffee is the sort of coffee that Global Exchange promotes -- it promises a 'fair' return to the workers and small farmers. On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 12:41:20PM -0500, Ian Hudson wrote: > > The disastrous price slump for coffee demonstrates the

Re: Re: coffee cartel

2002-06-13 Thread Ian Hudson
The disastrous price slump for coffee demonstrates the need for alternative arrangements for southern producers. One alternative that is being trumpeted is the alternative or fair trade, which is most developed, at least in terms of primary goods, in the coffee market. Does anyone have any