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Tell Starbucks to Honor Their Commitments to Coffee Farmers
Target: Jim Donald, Starbucks CEOSponsored by: Oxfam America
Each year, coffee companies make billions of dollars. Starbucks alone earned almost $5.8 billion in net revenues during the first three quarters of 2006.
Yet, for every cup of coffee Starbucks sells, poor farmers in coffee-growing countries like Ethiopia earn only about $.03. Even worse, while Ethiopian farmers grow some of the finest name-brand coffees in the world think Harar, Yirgacheffe, and Sidamo they don't see the premium profits those names command among consumers.
With as many as 15 million Ethiopians dependent on coffee, Ethiopia wants to get its farmers more of what they deserve. The country's government has asked Starbucks to sign a licensing agreement that will allow Ethiopia to control the names of its coffee. That way, Ethiopia can help determine an export price that makes sure farmers see a larger share of the profits enabling them to feed their children, send them to school and get them better healthcare.
Ask Starbucks to sign the agreement giving Ethiopian farmers their fair share of coffee profits.
Yet, for every cup of coffee Starbucks sells, poor farmers in coffee-growing countries like Ethiopia earn only about $.03. Even worse, while Ethiopian farmers grow some of the finest name-brand coffees in the world think Harar, Yirgacheffe, and Sidamo they don't see the premium profits those names command among consumers.
With as many as 15 million Ethiopians dependent on coffee, Ethiopia wants to get its farmers more of what they deserve. The country's government has asked Starbucks to sign a licensing agreement that will allow Ethiopia to control the names of its coffee. That way, Ethiopia can help determine an export price that makes sure farmers see a larger share of the profits enabling them to feed their children, send them to school and get them better healthcare.
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I like Starbucks coffee, and would like to tell the coorporation that they should give Ethiopian farmers a fair share of their profits. The make your buisness, don't they? If it wasn't for them, you wouldn't have much buisness. I would personally like to ask you this. Don't you think they deserve a fair pay?
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people need to keep to their promises
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They charge 40 cent's for soy.. Wich needs to stop. they make so much money as it is they don't need to charge for soy, im lactose intolerant and have to have soy, when i get my coffe's or i get sick, and i don't think they are hurting for money. dear god just stop them
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Ethiopia is the mather of coffee,thus it has the right to have it's share. Therefore Sarbucks should look at the fathers of coffee's face,so this face for sure mekes you happy? It's a gereat shem.
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I do not drink your coffee, but if you respect your growers, you will win back by business.
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I know, I know, it's all about the $$$, I get it. unfortunatly, you use human labor, these people your useing would be getting an education, buying the medicine they can find, so family members can get treated for illness or survive child birth, of food so they don't have to go to bed hungrey, again. They can't afford that with the money they earn, you however, can afford to rise thier saleries. Ok , your stock may go down but I don't really care.
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We have Starbucks here in the UK too. Until I hear that Ethiopia gets what it deserves, myself, my family and friends will not be going anywhere near Starbucks.
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$5.8 billion profit! how can you sleep at night knowing that these farmers you are exploiting can't even afford the basic things in life like food and clean water. you should be ashemed of yourselves.
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