Word: oxfam
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Coffee farmers are not paid enough for their produce, according to Fair Trade Cordinator at OXFAM America, Liam J. Brody...
...OXFAM helps these farmers form cooperatives so that they can invest in trucks, plants and have bargaining power when they're dealing with trade merchants. The coffee growers can therefore cut the middlemen, known as coyotes in South America, out of the process...
...OXFAM's Brody contacted Bar Am and offered his support in helping to hold a teach-in at Harvard, and said he would bring a Mexican coffee farmer to speak...
...Other featured guests include Mel King, founder of the Rainbow Coalition, Ray Offenheiser, president of OXFAM America and other leaders in the non-profit world...