Oxfam Starbucks Day of Action.
As many of you have heard, the Ethiopian government recently asked Starbucks to sign a licensing agreement that will allow Ethiopia to control the names of its coffees. That way, Ethiopia can help determine an export price and can make sure Ethiopian farmers see a larger share of the profits, enabling them to feed their children, send them to school and get them better healthcare.
This past Saturday, Oxfam supporters gathered for the ‘Oxfam Starbucks Day of Action.’ Thousands of activists, Ethiopian-Americans, and coffee lovers
in more than a dozen countries – from New Zealand to Scotland to the US – visited Starbucks stores to ask them to keep their commitments to
Ethiopian coffee farmers. Here is a video with some of the highlights from this weekend.
For more information on Oxfam’s work to protect coffee farmers’ rights, or
to find out how you can get involved, please visit http://www.oxfamamerica.org/starbucks.
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