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Cold temperatures, frozen landscape, winter wind…are we letting it get us down? No Way! In this issue of
Fair Grounds, we relate how Peace Coffee Bike Team member Mario Minelli found a unique way to keep cycling despite the ravages brought on by Ol' Man Winter. We also bring you a report on the Fair Trade Fashion Show at the WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong, announce the results of our Tsunami fundraising efforts, and offer a new column --
Cool Opportunities. That plus a new recipe, an expanded contest and the ever-popular
Roaster's Corner and we've got a fine issue (if we do say so ourselves). Grab a mug of your favorite Peace Coffee brew, read on and enjoy…
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 Congratulations! We made our dollar goal on the sales of Tsunami Relief Roast.
We'd like to extend a big thanks to all of our customers and to the Greater Good network
(www.gearthatgives.com) for making this possible. We sent $35,000 to Aceh, most of it collected $10 at a time, pound by pound, through the generosity of our customers.
Just this week two Peace Coffee staffers, Jamie Schumacher and Anna Canning, left for Sumatra to observe the results of your contributions and visit with the farmers of PPGKO (the Sumatran coffee co-op from whom we buy our coffee and which was involved in the relief effort after the tsunami). Once they return,
they'll be sure to share stories and photos from their travels, particularly of the work that has been done in the past year since the Tsunami. Thanks again for your participation and effort in making this a successful fundraising program.
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by Patricia Jurewicz, Senior Associate, Trade and Global Governance at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
 Caught between protesters and government negotiators, Fair Trade offered a beacon of hope during the Sixth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong. With major support from the Swiss and Canadian governments, IATP and an international steering committee hosted the 2005 Hong Kong Fair Trade Fair and Symposium. It featured over fifty Fair Trade producers and NGOs from twenty countries, a welcoming reception with a traditional lion dance, high profile speakers such as Mary Robinson and trade ministers from India and Germany, and the highlight -- a Fair Trade fashion show. From December 13-16, 2005, the Fair Trade Fair and Symposium promoted a working success story to government ministers and their delegations, to NGOs who observed the negotiations, and to the thousands of demonstrators on the street.
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 If you live in Minnesota, you are most likely familiar with the skyways systems. If you
haven't been here before, skyways exist in the downtown areas across our cold and snowy state to provide a warm and dry path for getting from one building to another. Skyways are great for walkers but bikers are not afforded a bike lane in these unique indoor walkways. Instead, they are left to battle the outdoor elements. Except for February
8th, when the city of St. Paul opened their skyways for mountain bikers from across the state to ride in! The race, sponsored by the energy drink Red Bull, started on the upper level of the Galtier Plaza and ended on the upper level of the Excel Energy Center. During the one mile long course, bikers encountered steps, ramps, carpeting, slippery tile, a tunnel, more than 20 doorways and many quick turns.
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 Sustainable Energy in Motion Bike Tour
Bike hundreds of miles. Meet incredible people. Participate in amazing service projects. Stay on organic farms and work to promote sustainable food growth practices. Study and work with Native American communities. Live with the land and camp under the stars. Change your world, one mile at a time.
This
summer, you can take an extraordinary journey. Tune
up your bike, pack your bags, and join fellow riders
from all over the world for an incredible excursion
across Oregon, utilizing the most sustainable method
of transportation available: your own bike. On the
Sustainable Energy In Motion Bike Tour sponsored by
Portland Peace (www.portlandpeace.org)
you can:
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 The winner of last month’s contest was biker
Mike Carter of South Carolina. In his photo, he’s standing proudly next to his bike, wearing his Peace Coffee racing suit!
If you're passionate about Peace Coffee, show it! Send us:
— a photo showing your
"Peace Coffee Pride.”
— a short written testimonial about how much you love us
— an original coffee poem or haiku (three lines, 5 syllables in the first, 7 in the second, 5 in the last)
Each month, we will choose one entry to appear in the following
Fair Grounds newsletter. If we choose yours,
you'll win a pound of your favorite Peace Coffee coffee. Please send your entry to
mel@peacecoffee.com
Contest ends: March 13th.
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"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it."
-- Buddha (563-483 BC)
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- January
2006 Peace Coffee and Fair Trade Gain
Ground by Scott Patterson, Coffee Flavored
Beers Grow in Popularity by Andy Lambert, 10
Good Things About Another Bad Year by Medea
Benjamin, Director of Global Exchange &
Co-Founder of Code Pink
- December
2005 Make Peace, Not War, Students Help Grow the Fair Trade Movement by Andy Lambert,
Catching Up With the Crew, Think Tank Going to WTO Ministerial
- December
2005 Make Peace, Not War, Students Help Grow the Fair Trade Movement by Andy Lambert,
Catching Up With the Crew, Think Tank Going to WTO Ministerial
- November
2005 Hurricane Stan Causes Much Devastation by Jeronimo Bollen of Manos
Campesinas, On the Road With Brad...Continued, Winter Biking Tips from Hub Bike Co-op, Show Your Peace Coffee Pride and Win!, Customer Spotlight: Peaceful Valley Greetings, Meet the Queen Bee (and Worker Bees) by Andy Lambert
- October
2005 Coop Coffees Meets in Guatemala by Tripp Pomeroy, Peace Coffee Bike Team Season Wrap-up by Ton Tran, Peace Coffee Bike Grinder, Catching Up With the Crew, Peace Gear: Spiffy Socks
- September
2005 Green Beans Lost in Katrina's Wake by Scott Patterson, The Revolution Will Not Be Motorized by Andy Lambert, The Joy of Stovetop Espresso Machines by Melanee
Meegan, The Wanderlust Returns By Brad the Intrepid Bean Pedaler
- August
2005 A New Buzz...Chain Saw Art, The Valley of the Giant Green Man by Andy Lambert, Peace Coffee Events and Demo Guy, The Annual Milk Carton Boat Race by Melanee
Meegan, Peace Coffee Marketing Manager
- July
2005 Pedal Power: Peace Coffee Bike Team, FT Futures: Living a Fair Trade Life, CAFTA Is Not Done: A Call to Action
- June
2005 Extraordinary Ethiopia by Melanee
Meegan, Peace Coffee Marketing & Advertising Coordinator, Peace Coffee's 2nd Annual Open House, Aceh Tsunami Relief Fund Update
PPKGO, ForesTrade and CV Trimaju, Batter Up! by Monika
Firl, Coop Coffees
- May
2005 Fair Trade in Seattle by Scott Patterson, Brad's Nicaragua Journal by Brad the Bike Messenger
- April
2005 Fair Trade Travels and Other Adventures, Nicaragua Trip Brings Fair Trade to Life by Anneka
Kmiecik, Birchwood Café,
Fair Trade in a Volatile Market by Bill Harris, Cooperative Coffees
- March
2005 Andy's Chiapas Journal (part two) by
Andy Lambert, Converging For Fair Trade
- February
2005 Update On The Aceh Fund, Return To Chiapas (part one) by Andy Lambert, In Praise Of Hot Chocolate
by Rachel Hiltsley
- January
2005 Tragedy's Wake: Update From Sumatra, How I Spent My Floating Holiday by Brad the Bike Messenger, A Coffee Science Experiment by Rachel
Hiltsley, Resident Equipment Expert
- December
2004 Great Coffee the French Press Way, The Best Coffee in Town,
Coffee+Beer=Friggin' Good. eh?
- November
2004 My Other Bike is a Biodiesel,
Biodiesel: It's What's Inside
- October
2004 A Peaceful Alternative to Petroleum,
Don't Just Do It. Do It With Justice
- September
2004 Santa Anita de la Union, The Beauty of the St. Paul Classic
- August
2004 Crema Café: Home of Sonny's Ice Cream,
- July
2004 Exploring
Our Origins: Ethiopia
- June
2004 Journey through the Life of a Bean
- May
2004 Report
from Colombia and Brad
's Big Bike
Adventure
- April
2004 Nicaragua:
Coffee and
the Community at CECOCAFEN
- March
2004 Fair Trade Friends: United Students
for Fair Trade
- February
2004 Mut Vitz
and APECAFORMM Trip Reports
- January
2004 10
Good Things about a Bad Year
- December
2003 Global Exchange Fair Trade Challenge
- November
2003 Barriers to Fair Trade: NAFTA on
Steroids
- October
2003 Dia de
Los Muertos
- September
2003 Report
from Cancun: Victory
for Fair Trade
- August
2003 Fair
Trade Friends: Oxfam America
- July
2003 Exploring
Our Origins: Sumatra
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