[MPWG] Sustainable Coffee at United Nations

[Cafesombra at aol.com]

Friends,
I think it would be a good idea not to post messages with specific 
advertisements for specific companies.  I have a Fair Trade licensed organic coffee 
company and I have never used this list to advertise that.  
It's nice to know the UN is trying to "go green."  I'd like to see them 
serving Fair Trade licensed coffee, and organically certified coffee, before I 
would call it sustainable.  And I'd like to see the UN stop serving lobster and 
pate at meetings on poverty, but that's another off-topic conversation.    The 
"sustainable" coffee is a good start.   However, many of us in the sustainable 
coffee community have watched the RA certification progress from bad to 
better.  I applaud their persistence and their excellent advertising skills.  But 
there are other certifications out there as well, doing a better job at 
addressing a holistic approach to sustainability.  OCIA. QAI.  BioLatina. (which all 
meet USDA Certified Organic National Standards).  Smithsonian Migratory Bird 
Center's "Bird Friendly" (requires organic certification, because the 
ornothologists have all read Rachel Carson's book),  FLO and Transfair Fair Trade.  
Please support the organic Fair Trade movement.
Peace, 
Jennifer Chesworth
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