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BusinessEarth Day and CoffeeCB Miller  
 An overview of Earth-friendly coffees available today such as organic and shade grown coffee. The article as covers Fair Trade Certification. 
BusinessFair Trade Coffee KlatchingArthur Montague  
 FairTrade coffee explained in an interview with Managing Director of TransFair Canada (Fair Trademark of Canada), Caroline Whitby. 
BusinessFair Trade for who?Steve Leighton  
 This article discusses and investigates what fair trade is, what I don’t like about it and the alternatives that exist. 
BusinessGreen / A Cup of Hope: Coffee's LessonsGregory Dicum  
 In the past decade, coffee went through a period of rapid and disastrous liberalization -- a failed experiment in globalization that nearly destroyed the industry. 
BusinessJavatrekking: Global Coffee ConnectionsAlex Scofield  
 The truth is, 99 percent of the people involved in coffee commerce, from roasters to baristas, have never been to a coffee village,” says Dean Cycon in his book “Javatrekker” 
BusinessWhy You Should Buy Fair Trade: The Coffee BookBud Parr  
 Ultimately, when the government found they couldn’t prohibit coffee drinking, they monopolized coffee roasting to the point that commoners could no longer afford it, resorting to things like barley, chicory, corn and dried figs in its stead.