Ethiopian Coffee and the Fair Trade struggle… a video depiction

{ Posted on Mar 12 2007 by ethiorussian }

The following short videos document the recent struggles that Ethiopian coffee farmers and their representatives are going through to enact a Fair Trade environment for the country’s biggest export.

Starbucks day of action
December 16th 2006, posted by Oxfam America

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N5wzr5xeWI]

Starbucks talks about coffee farmers in Africa
December 18th 2006, posted by Starbucks

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dteTrEM7mlM]

Starbucks invests in farmer communities
January 3rd 2007, posted by Starbucks

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHP-7lE9mpY]

Ethiopian coffee network legal issues
February 27th 2007, posted by Robert Winter, Arnold & Porter LLP, Counsel for Ethiopia’s trademark applications

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DiWK81j7fg]

A supporter voicing an opinion…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFQg9Eb2Eeg]

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