Coffee Project

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FAIR-TRADE COFFEE

Ever wonder how you could participate in mission outreach with the ease of drinking your morning coffee? Well, it really IS that easy! The Presbyterian Church is a co-sponsor with Equal Exchange Interfaith Program in the Coffee Project, designed to give fair trade prices to coffee growers.

Bitter facts about coffee:

Coffee is the second most heavily traded commodity in the world, after oil.

Americans drink an estimated 320 million cups of coffee each day. That’s 25% of the world’s coffee imports, and 20% of the world’s total coffee production.

Some 20 million people near the equator depend on coffee for their livelihood.

For the majority of small coffee farmers, the benefits are small. World prices are in constant flux, and coffee industry middlemen (known to Latin American farmers as “coyotes”) offer farmers the lowest price possible. Farmers never know how much they’ll get for their crops.

Fair trade shares the bounty of the coffee trade with those who grow the crop, helping them build a better future for themselves and their communities. Through fair trade, farmers earn a fairer share of income, have access to services that are otherwise unavailable, and gain long-term trading partners they can trust. For more information about the Coffee Project, visit: www.equalexchange.com.

Heritage Presbyterian Church is joining this mission project in two ways. First, session has voted to purchase fellowship coffee from the Coffee Project, using funds from the church’s fellowship budget. Second, the church will now provide a variety of Equal Exchange coffees, teas, cocoa and chocolate bars for purchase by anyone in the community. By placing bulk orders, the church can have the shipping charges waived, and can provide the individual items for purchase at cost. This is not a fundraiser for the church – it is a mission outreach.

To find out which products can be ordered click here.To find out which products are currently in stock and/or to place an order, contact the church at 745-6650 or send us an email message.