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Wow
– the holidays are almost upon us (where did the
fall go?)! It's time to wrap up your seasonal
shopping with a big bow and distribute presents to
those near (or far) and dear to us. In this issue
of Fair Grounds, we offer some traditional
(Peace Gear) and non-traditional (Oxfam's
Unwrapped Gift Program) ways to gift that special
someone. We also follow the adventures of emerging
beer activists Melanee and Ryan, spotlight a new
Fair Trade wine, feature Keith's musings on our
French Roast and offer a holiday recipe. Snuggle
up with a steaming mug of your favorite Peace
Coffee and read on...
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OK,
so this falls under the heading of "shameless
commerce," but 'tis the season after all! So
if you're looking for a gift that shows your Peace
Coffee pride, here are a few humble suggestions:
-- Small or Large Gift Peace Coffee Baskets
-- Small or Large Minnesota Breakfast Gift Baskets
-- Gift Basket with Peace Coffee Cleansing Mocha
Soap
-- Dagoba Fair Trade, Organic Hot Chocolate
-- Fermenting Revolution or Organic
Coffee books
-- Peace Coffee turtle cap, bike delivery logo
cap, or retro style cycle cap
-- Peace Coffee bike team shorts, jerseys or arm
warmers
-- Bike delivery t-shirts
You
can find all of these in the Peace Gear section of
our website.
Please
note the following shipping
deadlines:
Orders
placed on our website through Friday, December
15th at 1pm should arrive by Christmas using
regular ground delivery. After that date, your
order may not arrive in time with regular ground
shipping, but the closer you are to our
Minneapolis, MN location, the better the odds. For
express delivery options (faster but more
expensive) the cut-offs are as follows:
10AM December 21st- Next Day Air for delivery
December 22nd
10AM December 20th- 2-Day Air for delivery
December 22nd
10AM December 19th -3-day for delivery December
22nd
UPS
packages do not move Monday, December 25th or
Monday, January 1st; please consider this when
calculating transit times.
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 Every
year during the holidays the Peace Coffee Crew
likes to highlight an alternative gift giving
opportunity. This year Oxfam International’s
"Unwrapped" gift program takes the cake
for the most unique and “non-materialistic”
gift! For example, how about giving a loved one a
sheep
or
a can
of worms?
More
than a can, a pound of worms provides farmers with
an indispensable tool for cultivating their land.
Not only do these squirmy creatures produce
fertilizer, they also break down organic compounds
in the earth and enrich land for farming. Now
that's a gift that should worm its way into
anyone’s affections!
Raising
sheep allows women to create their own income.
What's more, the sheep's wool is used to make
local textiles. When you give this gift, you know
it's helping others, so there's no need to count
sheep -- you're sure to sleep well!
Other
Oxfam Unwrapped gifts include a cow, irrigating a
farmer's land for two months, supporting a small
farmer, planting a garden, providing gender rights
training, supporting indigenous craftswomen,
starting a small business, and investing in a Fair
Trade coffee cooperative. There are 37 gifts in
all, ranging from $18 (can of worms) to staffing a
workers rights center ($7500).
Visit
www.oxfamamericaunwrapped.com
to view and select a gift that helps people in
need!
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The
following is a conversation with Tiffany Tompkins,
owner of Etica Fair Trade. This is the first
business in the US to import and sell Fair Trade
Ceritified Wine.
 When
did Etica Fair Trade start?
I started selling Fair Trade handmade
crafts in November 2005 and started selling wine
in November 2006. We were incorporated in
September 2005 so that makes us just a little over
1-years old.
Why
did you decide to sell fair trade products?
I received my masters in international Trade
Policy and was recruited to work in China upon
graduation. While living in China, I taught WTO
trade policy classes to Chinese businessmen and
government employees. Realizing how WTO rules were
only benefiting a select few, I started exploring
other trade relationships as a model for better
business, economic growth, and sustainable
development.
more...
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by
Melanee Meegan, Marketing Manager & Beer
Activist
 On
the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Ryan and I decided
to enjoy two of our favorite things -- beer and
biking. We've both been reading Fermenting
Revolution, the book featured in last month’s Fair
Grounds. The book makes a great case for
supporting local craft breweries. This was the
impetus for us to visit one of the newest and
tastiest beer companies in the Twin Cities!
more...
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"Feeling
gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a
present and not giving it."
~
William Arthur Ward
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- November
2006 Book Review: Organic Coffee by Tim King, Becoming a Beer Activist by Melanee Meegan, Hot Off the Press: Fermenting Revolution, How Microbrew Can Save the World by Chris O'Brien
- October
2006 The Power of 100: A Fair Trade Harvest, Minnesota Does Fair Trade, Local to Global: A Fair Trade Resource List
- September
2006 The Hike: Another Peace Coffee Adventure by Ryan
Seibold, Peace Coffee Production Roaster, Coming to a Theatre Near You!:
Black Gold.
- August
2006 One Brick at a Time by Beth Backen, Shipping and Receiving Coordinator, Sitting On Top of the World by Nate Stevens, Customer Accounts Representative, The Long Haul to the Green Man by Ryan
Seibold, Eco Experience at the State Fair, Howdy. I'm Keith, The New Head Roaster.
- July
2006 Bike Film Festival Rolls Into Minneapolis, Biofuels or Bust by Jim Kleinschmit and Mark Smith, Oxfam Red Cards Adidas
- June
2006 Travels With Habitat in Guatemala by Andy Lambert, Finding Balance in East Timor by Anna Canning, New Peace Coffee Beer:
MJDBA, Customer Spotlight: Jay's Café by Melanee
Meegan.
- May
2006 Gardening Grounds by Nathan Steigman, Peace Coffee Builds With Habitat, Bike Map Adds New Spin to Art-A-Whirl
- April
2006 Discovering Fair Trade in Guatemala by Keith Tomlinson,
Travel Notes from Sumatra, Indonesia by Jamie Schumacher,
Birchwood Café Celebrates Earth Day, Birch Clothing Plants Trees, Donates $$
- March
2006 The Scent of Sumatra by Anna Canning, On the Road at The USFT Convergence by Andy Lambert, Happy 20th! A Big Year for IATP
- February
2006 Tsunami Goal Reached, Fair Trade Fashion Debuts in Hong Kong by Patricia
Jurewicz, Senior Associate, Trade and Global Governance at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, The Red Bull Sky Ride, Cool Opportunities Sustainable Energy in Motion Bike Tour
- 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
- 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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Fair
Grounds is produced by:
Peace Coffee
Contact
Information:
Orders
and General Information
Phone - 612.870.3440 or 1.888.324.7872
Fax - 612-677-3989
E-Mail - info@peacecoffee.com
Web - http://www.peacecoffee.com
Peace Coffee Crew*:
Beth Backen
Anna Canning
Derek De La Paz
Tom Hudson
Nick Johnson
Andy Lambert
Melanee Meegan
Scott Patterson
Ryan Seibold
Nate Stevens
Keith Tomlinson
*We work together to get the coffee out to our customers. Although we have specific job titles, we all take turns switching roles and putting in time where
it's needed most.
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Contact
Information:
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Phone - 413.863.7752
Fax - 413-863-7752
Web -
http://www.starstruckdesign.com
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