the fish make coffee just taste but it wakes you up in the morning it's a part of life. it has to be mild mild coughing it is easier on the stomach when it's not my tax no and another cup in the afternoon to perk myself up a bit on the c.l. to listen can you enjoy coffee with a clear conscience many coffee drinkers are trying to. help the best since i think will be a very important topic for young people in the future and that we should grow up making sure we buy fair trade products your fair trade coffee. anyone

buying products on the so-called fair global trade market voluntarily pays a higher price this is intended to benefit these coffee farmers in africa they set up cooperatives and selling coffee directly to fair trade organizations in europe and america will. be so close to the russian a little earlier we were often cheated by the traders when we sold our copper why do you don't think that creates since we joined fair trade my income has more than doubled being in a new deal it's. an early july morning in southern uganda this mountainous area lies between a 101500 meters above sea level conditions are ideal for coffee cultivation.

after many kilometers on dirt roads you reach marion losing who sees house it's from much and not easy to find because the house is a scattered through. up the mountain. the 39 year old coffee farmer is married and has 4 children. right now it's high season harvest time when marion spends all day on have plantation during this period everything revolves around the coffee beans growing between the banana plant and coconut palms they have to be as ready as possible redness means they're right. marian has around 600 coffee plants because she can't harvest all that alone local women come to help.

for about 10 years this farm has belonged to a village cooperative which in turn belongs to a large regional cooperative with more than 1500 members. today marian's husband sam has come to the plantation to help his own plantation is at the far end of the village. when he helps out here his wife is the boss but they always plan to work together. we pay the city hall and power but we're having $6.00 workers what we appear only. on the other as there were. in the beginning. but i doubt they will be in the bidding for the whole of this week then another week and i'm a family we also will too. during the harvest season from june to september everything takes place on the plantations. you are wanting

to one minute. we took away the rest came across coffee growing when i got married 20 years ago. while my husband sam's family was well known carter growing family in our area. i can tell you. in addition to his work as a farmer sam has another job he also works as a consultant for the large regional cooperative of coffee producers the c.p.c. you this unites all village cooperatives within a radius of almost 100 kilometers they sell their coffee to fair trade organizations some of which are located in germany. when sam gets back from his consultations with other farmers he's often covered dozens of miles on foot in the last few years expert advice has allowed farmers to

increase their yields by about 15 percent without the use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides in a good season marion can harvest up to 500 kilos of coffee one month through much of this one. this one is. in the. new pig quinby are rare or red they're red with we've ordered. what. that's the one then this one has its own place. i'm all for has its own sense a premium it also has its own 2nd payment. marion is guaranteed the equivalent of just under a euro per kilo of harvested beans that's not a lot but it's almost 3 times more than before fair trade was introduced as

a mother of 4 she can't cover her family's costs with coffee every year she wait eagerly for the additional bonus and it's all all. still the proceeds from fair trade in coffee provides a family was previously unthinkable opportunities the money to send the kids to school for instance. we have 4 children and all of them are warning that. we are we have money did we have managed to buy another piece of land where we are cutting old other place for example of what i have and now that god in. their. but the breadth of the 600 or 3. that would be out of the boat before our. farmers in the remote valleys store their harvested coffee beans in their own

warehouses this work used to be done by middlemen who were of course paid fairtrade cuts out the middlemen and the money stays in the farmer's hands. this truck is carrying 3 bags from marion's plantation each of the white sacks contain 60 kilos of dried coffee beans. they'll now be processed in this factory which belongs to the co-operative. 3 years ago its 9500 members invested part of their bonuses in its construction. that created new jobs for a dozen workers at least for a few months a year. the

coffee beans at cleveland peeled and salted by machine. the quality of the raw coffee is crucial as are the appearance and size of the beans we got or 3rd was part of their core food. for the troops there were a few so that's why we thought victory for 15 we will move into the role of course for the for the promise of a little bit if that in there but with of addicted to the process in the crude but at this i started part of. 40 years ago at the beginning of fair trade its supporters had to compromise on quality. but their trade has long since been delivering good flavor. the clear conscience. the machine selects only the best beans for export everything else is kept for

personal use in uganda. every bag for export is checked again more than 60 women examine literally every single coffee bean if it's the wrong color or size it's discarded. then a sample is sent to the laboratory to check the flavor a handful of beans are roasted ground and finally infused it's a kind of blind tasting the taste is don't know beforehand which samples come from which plantations. john were garba the general manager of the co-operative is also taking part in the tasting. it's not only guarantees the quality of the product but also ensures that the coffee farmers are properly recompensed.

the farmers are paid regardless of the quality of their beans. be ordered since there are no. receipts or now we see. in order to make it the. new we pick one. on pay day the coffee farmers can get their money immediately. the bank counter has been set up in the garden to pay it out in cash the bank is also part of the co-operative. the co-operative guarantee that is the 1st payment is it still under soon as the sales risk minutes later if the export goes ahead the farmers can get bonuses. that's what marian and her husband do every

year both are confident they have been sort of high quality. you could give. them. another quality check this time at random. thank. you. the thermal or bar you are sick of the pressure of months of remember to. prepare are. we to trading partner in this case is the oldest and largest fair trade organization in europe germany's g. e.p.a. . a few days later the sample arrives in the german city of time where g e p a has its headquarters set up 40 years ago in

a small church office the organization now has a turnover of more than 100000000 euros a year but g.e. e.p.a. isn't concerned about profits its shareholders are exclusively church organizations world e.p.a. wants as much money as possible to flow back to producers in the countries of origin. procurement manager francisco being here is about to test the sample from uganda. to pre-packed coffee in uganda will emily be dispatched if she gives the green light. as an expert she travels regularly to africa and discusses cultivation and quality standards with the partners. nothing works without mutual trust. him healthy one think of what we have very long term contracts with our trading partners some 12 to 14 months into the future so we are buying coffee on paper that

doesn't even exist yet is forgotten. here the coffee's origins can be traced back to the individual farmers who. had to trade a few horses as a fair trade pioneer it's very important for g.p.a. to show that we're buying very high quality coffee on fairtrade terms and that we have a very close relationship with the cooperatives we have direct trade relations there are no middlemen here which is something our customers want more information on and care about. our customers are always happy when they see photos of farmers on the coffee or on other products that creates a connection and gives the coffee a personal touch coffee i don't the president can order that here. each bag in the shop contains coffee from

a particular growing area. none of the blends are mixed so customers who pay higher prices for coffee here can see where that money's going. yet this awareness of fair trade is still read. at this protestant school in berlin 2 of the senior classes have set out to raise that awareness in the free trade shop in the city's punker district been preparing their campaign for weeks done as ma ok good morning everyone this is the last class before the big. i would like to spray the bags preferably outsourcing business wasn't. a carrot mall biz akin to a flash mob where volunteers meet in one place to draw attention to a particular topic in this case a world shop selling fair trade products the students are keen to speak out for people in developing countries fair trade. fair trade does what it says it means

that producers are fairly paid for what they sell to traders in germany and elsewhere who then resell the products we've got a call from there going out with us. alfy exactly. i don't want the people who supply us with products those who farm them from their fields and we want those people to be able to live in north properly on the income and on this alberts. the carrotmob spends the entire day pushing the world shoppin. i know it would you like to stop by oh well child that's that yeah. well dad we also have the carrots and chocolate. milk if you like no maybe not a carrot for chocolate would be nice that will live in one for eliezer. but how can you be sure the products you are buying are really fair when it comes to coffee a fair trade seal provides

a 100 percent guarantee but for other products only some of the ingredients are fairly traded in chocolate for instance it's only the cocoa the berlin students also discuss issues with coffee experts that go beyond fair trade. in regard to what extent is climate change affecting your production are you having problems. with. peruvian explains that his compadre it's no longer growing coffee at an elevation of a 1000 meters above sea level because it gets too woman she says that having to cite new plantations much higher in the mountains. we go for it with. but in spite of these new precious fair trade can act as a cushion for social problem. kids get better i spent 6 years on this product not 3 but i know that difference can send a kid to school it's like. not only does fair trade ensure that producers have more money in their pockets the co-operative in uganda is also fundamentally improving

the social conditions in its villages. it supports this state school for example. the co-operative members have invested part of their fair trade burnishes in the school. have been repaired teaching materials purchased. to work. that out that his own b.s. i. doubt their rights and for 2 hours a week all the children can now learn about agronomy. their young teacher tells them about ecologically friendly sustainable agriculture . if you practice and that includes coffee growing. week i used to follow yes i knew out of the life i was there father yeah. we came in through corporate from the with this called for one quite of course

reduce us corporate one to give back to the community is sick and then we have more from for you because for a. year we've but then there was this school because the b.c. wisely decided one could. resume in the more resources and the only way to make it come up was through their papa now here on the earth really advanced in their community. funded by the co-operative the school has also been able to buy a plot of land and create a model plantation there where the children can find out about organic farming. experts from the coffee factory regularly come to give practical lessons. here you go you go with the roads they dictate it or the truth and somewhere there are some words. i was relieved this is one of the i'll be just this. is. filled with full of the truth that's what.

i'm the most groups to me. already theories general manager john newell garba attaches particular importance to children becoming aware of their responsibility to the whole of creation he repeatedly explains how farmers can get good yields of coffee even without using herbicides and pesticides. but he also worries about the long term development of agriculture the plantations are already feeling some changes. then. it's the wrong guy. i think we don't know when it's all agree with. the rainy season was once a reliable factor in the lives of the coffee farmers now weather is becoming increasingly unpredictable. a. tent has been set up in the courtyard

of the coffee factory from a conference. to a c.p.c. you could work pretty huge annual general meeting takes place at the end of the harvest season. a school choir opens the conference. with. more than 100 delegates from all the village cooperatives will spend the next 3 days here if. all decisions are taken by democratic vote john knew well garber has to present his annual report here his job also depends on the balance sheet he spent his life working in n.g.o.s experience he's used to steer the co-operative to success. with this money to me originated. their board was responsible for the pool with the mayor. over. who to it bring in and then in.

politics into the organization you're playing them with. probably in my mind if he's my. brother now under this system of. rehab we separate the money dementor from one that's not what up till it was. too many years ago at its general meeting the organization also decided to build its own health station next to the factory. all the way to health station is now up and running. the members of the co-operative and their families can take advantage of it for a small fee. good medical care is rare and expensive in uganda. but now co-operative members have an important context person and advisor on the spot

a doctor who can examine patients and prescribed medicines and treatment uganda has one of the world's highest rates of new age hiv infections tuberculosis a depot or are also a big problem. in addition to the health station the co-operative has funded many other facilities from the additional benefits of fair trade. that also benefits marian and sam and their family. if. they run a modern farm or peroration. they get financial accounting and tax support. and they use only natural substances and methods basically they have an organic farm.

organic certified. it also includes the. amount and their value because. of the practicing organic coffee. in the water what they did to hide the money for going to products yeah so that's why we say that let us turn from or color out organic funding as you've been there in the field seeing. ready ready to it some day the coffee picking season in uganda is coming to an end filtrate has once again paid off marian and sam and their 4 children came to church together even the oldest he's studying in compound is back home.

johnny while gamma is among the dignitaries solemnly entering the chant. of the key justin sees a co-operative as a christian company culture is born in a christian environment that's why it cooperates closely with g e p a in germany. both reaches the story of david and goliath this sunday. it was the wisdom embedded in a david this who they might be aboard who enabled him to achieve that victory over the glorious and we kind of use the same principles to make way for that even when we are small with a good excuse on the priming we can with with what our computer does we can out

with the detainees in the market we can outwit the climate issues we can with the other things that has been hampering is. their progress on the growth of one member from. most of the service everyone celebrates the season success place a. place. marion and sam happy about their $400.00 euro bonus everyone's and well they'll probably reinvest some of the money in their own communities quest some are still much worse off than the fairtrade fama. 2 play.

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