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- Farmers strike turns violent in Peru; four dead
  Posted by Jeff
  The second day of nationwide protests by farmers in Peru spiralled into violence with two protestors shot by police and another falling to his death trying to elude tear gas shells. Transport was paralyzed in the departments of Ayacucho, Arequipa, Cusco and several other parts of the country because of the strike that began Monday, when police said one farmer was shot by an angry motorist.
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- A review of six eco-chocolate brands, for your Valentine's pleasure
  Posted by Jeff from Grist
  Grist tastes the Fair Trade solid darks and ... Equal Exchange just about pulls out on top! (I'm an investor in Equal Exchange). Rapunzel won by a tenth of a point.
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- Fair Trade in Bloom
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  The NYT has a big feature on Fair Trade Coffee on the front page of the business section today!
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  Prime Minister Promises to Meet Regarding Environmental Contamination from Proposed Mining Project in Piura, Peru
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- FLO International: Global Fairtrade sales increase by 40% benefiting 1.4 million farmers worldwide
  Posted by TomHanlonWilde
  Consumers worldwide spent 1,6 billion Euros on Fairtrade Certified Products in 2006, according to Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO). This is a 41% increase on the previous year, directly benefiting over 1,4 million producers and workers worldwide.
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- The dark story of poverty in your coffee cup
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  Starbucks is evil.
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Farmers strike turns violent in Peru; four dead

This is kind of personal for me because I spent two weeks visiting farmers and coops in Peru this past fall. You can see my pictures from the trip here.

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Jeff
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Jeff is the founder of NewsCloud. He is also a freelance writer and blogs at Idealog.
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