New Orleans Fairtrade has a language problem that is quickly becoming a huge commercial and consumer problem. There’s no copy write to the name “fairtrade,” so like it or not, anyone can use it, claim it, or con with it. As a relatively new movement trying to build commercial strength and consumer identification, a “classic” …
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Serving a Community in the Shadow of a Hurricane
New Orleans It’s a Tuesday, but the City of New Orleans is shutdown. I drove down Esplanade Avenue to Fair Grinds Coffeehouse this morning at 5:30 AM through dark and deserted streets. The donut place on the corner of Broad Street had been hopping with a dozen pickup trucks and cabs at that time on Monday morning …
Fairtrade Coffee and the Port of New Orleans
New Orleans This week for the first time I attended a meeting of the Port Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. Having written the head of the Port for help in getting more fairtrade coffee shipped through New Orleans and receiving no answer, it seemed I had little choice but to take a shot at …