Fairtrade pioneers win coffee licence

From: Evening News - Scotland | Date: August 29, 2007| Author: NO BYLINE | Copyright information

EQUAL Exchange, the Edinburgh-based Fairtrade and organic food pioneer, is to be the first licensed distributor for speciality Ethiopian coffee in the UK under a new trading deal set to benefit the world's poorest farmers.

Newly established trademarks on speciality Ethiopian coffees, which have sparked controversy in the United States and were originally contested by Starbucks, mean that from September only licensed distributors will be able to sell certain coffees in the UK.

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