More on Trader Joe's and shade-grown coffee...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Helen Ross
> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 8:33 AM
> To: Lauren Braden
> Subject: RE: Trader Joe's selling shade grown coffee
>
> Trader Joe's MAY sell shade grown coffee now, but they were recently
> caught claiming that their coffee was shade grown, and they could not
> back up those claims. They also were caught copying the packaging of
> Thanksgiving Coffee, a company that does sell shade coffee.
>
> Most western Washington grocery stores carry at least one shade grown
> coffee. Check out the list of stores at
> http://www.seattleaudubon.org/coffee or look for the Northwest Shade
> Coffee Campaign logo on coffee bins.
>
>
> Helen Ross
> Conservation Coordinator
> Seattle Audubon Society
> 8050 35th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115
> 206-523-8243 ext.13
> 206-528-7779 fax
> helenr at seattleaudubon.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rahne Kirkham [mailto:rahne at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 10:43 PM
> To: tweeters
> Subject: shade grown coffee
>
>
> I know buying shade grown coffee is important to some of my fellow
> tweets so
> I thought I'd let the group know that Trader Joe's is now selling
> shade
> grown coffee. I noticed when I went to buy olive oil. (I don't drink
> coffee
> so others may have reported before.)
> Rahne Kirkham
> Federal Way, Washington
> rahne at mindspring.com
> "For the human spirit is virtually indestructible
> and rises from the ashes as long as the body
> draws breath." Dr. Alice Miller
>