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Oxfam: ‘We Did It! Starbucks Signs Agreement with Ethiopia’

June 21st, 2007 at 4:00 pm | posted by Tim Fullerton, Oxfam America, eAdvocacy Coordinator


I have great news for you today. We’ve just received word that Starbucks and Ethiopia have finalized an agreement that ends their trademark dispute and brings both sides together in partnership to help Ethiopian farmers. This agreement has the potential to give these farmers a fair share of the profits for their world-renowned coffees, and it’s what Oxfam has been pushing for since November.

More than 96,000 of our supporters around the world helped make this happen. Your emails, faxes, phone calls, postcards, and even in-person visits to Starbucks added strength to the call of Ethiopian farmers and brought global attention to this issue.

Because of your actions, Ethiopian coffee farmers have chance at a better life. You should feel very proud.

Click here to view a personal Thank You from Oxfam America President Raymond C. Offenheiser and some of the Ethiopian farmers who will benefit from this agreement.

On behalf of Oxfam, and all of the Ethiopian farmers we work with every day, I want to thank you again for being a part of this important victory.

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183 Responses to “Oxfam: ‘We Did It! Starbucks Signs Agreement with Ethiopia’”

  1. Debbie K Says:
    June 21st, 2007 at 9:00 pm

    I can not express just how excited and grateful I was when I first heard this news!

    I have been a strong supporter of this campaign for the rights of the Ethiopian farmers to have greater control over the crops (coffee beans) that they grow since its beginning and the successful resolution of this matter in favor of the Ethiopian farmers brings the biggest smile across my face!

    If we say that we support fair trade with the world’s poor, then we must stand in solidarity with Oxfam and the people of Ethiopia in their struggle with Starbucks and any other multinational conglomerate corporation.

    CELEBRATE, MY FRIENDS AT OXFAM. In fact, why don’t you go out and get yourselves a Starbucks!

    Be good to each other.~

    ALWAYS FOREVER, ONE - debbie :)
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