This month, starting May 12 and continuing throughout the month, the Mission team would like you to try our regular coffee at fellowship time. The coffee will be from a Fair Trade company called Equal Exchange.
As an international movement and in partnership with 2 million farmers and workers, Fairtrade has a vision of a world in which all producers enjoy secure and sustainable livelihoods, fulfill their potential, and decide on their future. Fairtrade works with farmers and workers in more that 1,900 producer organizations, across 70 counties, so they can improve their living standards, invest in their communities and businesses, and protect our shared environment. We achieve this by rallying a global community of millions – farmers and workers, supply chain partners, brands, retailers, shoppers, schools, government – to pay fair prices and uphold fair production standards and practices. Fair prices provide an immediate lifeline for farmers and workers struggling with low income and disadvantaged by global trade.
Equal Exchange’s mission is to build long-term trade partnerships that are economically just and environmentally sound, to foster mutually beneficial relationships between farmers and consumers and to demonstrate, through our success, the contribution of worker cooperatives and Fair Trade to a more equitable, democratic and sustainable world.
We will sell the coffee at cost and will take orders if needed. On Sunday there will be 12oz bags of Organic Breakfast Blend (medium roast) for sale at $10 each (the prices may change slightly based on current discount and bulk ordering). If we have enough interest in this Fair-Trade company, we can expand to different flavors of coffee (including decaf), types of tea (black, green, herbal), and chocolate.
If you have questions or want to order yourself go to http://shop.equalexchange.coop or contact Michele Linner at 815-861-6890 or mlinner@sbcglobal.net.