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UUSC Coffee Project
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Linking UUs with small farmers and their families through fair trade
The UUSC Coffee Project is a collaboration between UUSC and Equal Exchange, a worker-owned, fair trade company based in West Bridgewater, Mass.
Through the Coffee Project, UUSC supporters can buy fair trade coffee, tea, sugar, chocolate bars, and other tasty treats in bulk for their social action groups or in their congregations, schools, and communities.
Equal Exchange sources these goods directly from farmer cooperatives, following the standards and principles of fair trade on 100 percent of its products. This ensures that farmers earn a fair price for their crops, allowing them to better meet their families' basic needs for food, education, and health care — and their long-term security.
More than 600 congregations now participate in The UUSC Coffee Project, offering hope to small farmers at a critical time. In 2008 alone, Unitarian Univeralists purchased 45.3 tons of fairly traded products through the UUSC Coffee Project. UUs have the highest participation rate of any denomination in Equal Exchange's Interfaith Program.
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How to participate
The UUSC Coffee Project is a way for your group or congregation to learn about fair trade and express your values through informed consumer choices. There are many ways your community can become involved in the UUSC Coffee Project, support the Small Farmer Fund, and join the movement for an alternative economy. You can:
- Order Equal Exchange coffee for your coffee hour.
- Purchase Equal Exchange treats in bulk to sell during community and congregation to raise funds for your group.
- Support small-scale Palestinian farmers by choosing Equal Exchange's fairly traded olive oil.
- Promote fair trade in your congregation.
- Join the movement for an alternative economy.
Buy fair trade goods from Equal Exchange!
- Mail or fax: Fair Trade Products Order Form
for congregations/groups ONLY - Online at the Equal Exchange Interfaith Store
for congregations/groups AND individuals
Learn more
- Frequently Asked Questions
- "Live the Seven Principles by Supporting Fair Trade" brochure
- Coffee Project Handout
- Coffee Project Brochure
- We would love to hear from you! Take the UUSC Coffee Project Survey.
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