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GG Resources

"Clouds in our Coffee," www.thegreenguide.com/doc/65/coffee

"Coffee and Chocolate: Choose Organic, Fair Trade, Shade," www.thegreenguide.com/doc/99/cofchoc

"Coffee: The Grounds for Organic," www.thegreenguide.com/doc/20/pennybacker1

"Organic Soy Coffee, A New Half-Caf Alternative," www.thegreenguide.com/doc/113/soycoffee

Resources

TransFair USA: www.transfairusa.org, 510-663-5260

Fair Trade Federation: www.fairtradefederation.org

Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center: nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/MigratoryBirds/Coffee/ Bird_Friendly

Rainforest Alliance: www.rainforestalliance.org, 888-MY-EARTH

Global Exchange: www.globalexchange.org/economy/coffee, 415-255-7296

Seattle Audubon Society's Northwest Shade Coffee Campaign provides a list of shade-grown coffee retailers in the Northwest. See www.shadecoffee.org/online_coffee.cfm, 206-523-6757

The Songbird Foundation: www.songbird.org

References

Halwell, Brian. "Shade-Grown Coffee: A Winning Fix." World Watch, May/June 2002.

"Why Migratory Birds are Crazy for Coffee." Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/MigratoryBirds/Fact_Sheets/ default.cfm?fxsht=1.

"The Grind Over Sun Coffee." Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/1996/4/suncoffee.cfm?nzps=rel.

"Why Your Cup of Coffee Makes a World of Difference," The Songbird Foundation. www.songbird.org/short_story.htm.

"Certified Coffee: Does the Premium Pay Off?," Environmental Health Perspectives, Spetember 2007. www.ehponline.org/members/2007/115-9/spheres.html.

- By Solvie Karlstrom
September 26, 2007