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...private-industry survey last year of 179 Fair Trade coffee farmers in Central America and Mexico, a copy of which TIME obtained, more than half said their families have still been going hungry for several months a year. "When I got the results, I was shocked," says Rick Peyser, director of social advocacy for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters in Vermont, the Fair Trade company that commissioned the survey. "I was ready to quit." Massachusetts Fair Trade firm Equal Exchange spokesman Rodney North admits, "There is a potential disconnect between what the buyer thinks Fair Trade is accomplishing and the situation...
...only $5 billion of that $70 billion, Fair Trade can help growers get more of their share. "Fair Trade is still, and will remain, a better deal for farmers," says Bacon. But it can help only so much. "This isn't a condemnation of the Fair Trade model," says Peyser. "It's a fact of life." One that all coffee drinkers may have to swallow...
...only about investment, however, and at the center of each staggeringly expensive acquisition is a collector who is usually rapturous about a painting. "It's not like buying and selling shoes," says Los Angeles--based art adviser Patricia Ciaffa Peyser, who handles a number of high-profile collectors. "There's a sense of wonder and immortality about art that's precious to everyone. It transcends business." But as the art bubble continues to expand as a barometer of the overall health of the economy, even the most passionate collectors and the people who advise them are trying to figure...
Spear Professor of Real Estate Development Richard Peyser said he was not surprised that a successor has not yet been named, given the many administrative and academic criteria a dean must satisfy...
...Peyser said that while the instability of the situation could be detrimental, the selection of Altshuler would facilitate a smooth transition...