Coffee Roaster of Certified Fairtrade and Organic Coffees since 1995. Sustainably sourced, selected with care, always fresh. T 416-534-6335
Toronto, Canada
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Learn more about the upcoming webinar series, The Intersection Between Coffee, Carbon, and Climate Change, on @DailyCoffeeNews! The first webinar, From Climate-Smart to Carbon-Smart Agriculture, is this Thursday.
Link to register: bit.ly/coffeeandclimatewebin…
dailycoffeenews.com/2021/10/…
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New product drop‼️ Add a new item to your regular Good Food Box order: maple walnut almond granola, dark roast coffee by @altgrounds, habanero hot sauce, honey (freshly restocked) + find our Workers Deserve a Living Wage artwork prints in the Art section. goodfoodbox.foodshare.net
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'We must ask ourselves what lurks behind the foam on our cappuccino, or the branding on the wrapper of a chocolate bar, or the plentiful, cheap supply of bananas to snack on whilst working from home.' 🌎
Learn more: fal.cn/3cgoL
#ChooseFairtrade
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From food distribution and safety measures to meeting increased production costs. Hear from farmers and workers how they are putting the #Fairtrade Producer Relief Fund into action. Supporting them to navigate the #COVID19 crisis: fairtr.de/jTZ
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Also important for small-scale farmers! #agroforestry systems help increase production, diversify income & integrate well with with farming systems--incentivizing the protection of long term food-forests rather than cutting down new plantings
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Key quote from this report: “Living wages & living incomes are fundamental to respecting internationally recognised #HumanRights.”
Companies must pay farmers & workers fairly. Period.
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City to open 14 Emergency Cooling Centres during Heat Warnings. News release: toronto.ca/news/city-to-open…
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From our producer partners at COSURCA! They’re installing new stainless steel sinks in their collection centres. To learn more about our support fund & some of the initiatives our partners are implementing in their communities follow the link to our blog! coopcoffees.coop/solidarity-…
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By choosing #FairtradeCoffee you are part of an inspiring community of farmers, consumers, campaigners, businesses and like-minded people - which is more important than ever in times like these. ☕
Find out how #COVID19 is affecting coffee farmers: buff.ly/3bqAwEw
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'Fairtrade is freedom, it's communication, it's sustainability, it's empowerment, it's everything for us in a world that's so competitive.'
Meet the people at the heart of #Fairtrade - the farmers and workers: buff.ly/2O1R6kl
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To help others, the cooperative established an alliance with the municipality of San Javier, using equipment + personnel for communal sanitation operations on streets, sidewalks, and homes in the Alto del Río + Solar de Loncomilla sectors.
Read More ⬇️
fairtr.de/jBf – at Chile
Alternative Grounds Coffee Roasters retweeted
This #EarthDay2020 support community-led agroforestry projects.
By planting trees in agroforestry systems —together with crops —farmers are restoring water and nutrients to their soil, increasing food production and pulling carbon out of the atmosphere.
growahead.org/plant-trees/
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As we approach the 50th anniversary of #EarthDay tomorrow, we'd like to highlight the significance of climate and health today!
Our live stream will be at 1pm ET featuring MSF Canada's @caroldevine
You can register here: bit.ly/3apYpvH
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#WeAreInThisTogether
I’m featuring local biz all this week that remain open and need our support!
Reposting today’s submissions. If you would like to be featured send pic, name, addy & services offered! #HomeTownHelp @altgrounds
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Today on #WorldWildlifeDay we celebrate the critical role biodiversity 🌱plays in all our lives.
Everyone must do their part to build a more sustainable relationship with nature. wildlifeday.org/
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The race to develop #coffee that can survive #climatechange.
Via @NewsHour
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A visit to C.A.C Pangoa, in the Central Jungle of Peru, turned out to be the perfect way to wrap up 2019, and get ourselves poised to launch into action in 2020. For more about Pangoa and the Incredible Power of #Trees follow the link below.
coopcoffees.coop/pangoa-and-…
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We hope this is a step in the direction towards more transparent and sustainable #supplychains
cc @JohnMcKayLib
Proposed bill would require Canadian companies to disclose forced labour in their production process dlvr.it/RPStsQ @GlobePolitics
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"Most women rarely use terms such as 'leadership', 'transform', 'build', or even 'community'. Women, instead choose to use languages such as family, cooperation, love, good intentions, nature, and others."
Fairtrade Coffee: Building Communities & Changing Lives!
When you buy Fairtrade coffee, you not only give voice to a single farmer but you invest to empower an entire community.
Story of Sukarmi Ningsih: Fairtrade Coffee Coop- Ketiara Business Group.
bit.ly/38XqA4O
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Visions for #coffee in 2020 bit.ly/2Sc0qEy via Coffee Mind
