Box Issues 44

Global standards for coffee

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish interim minimum standards of purity and wholesomeness for coffee; Global standards for coffee; Africa and Central America coffee; Coffee on the Hill (2005)

Global strategy; Fair trade; Coffee on the Hill (2001); International Coffee Agreement - H. Res 604 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should adopt a global strategy to respond to the current coffee crisis; Photo of Colleen giving Sam's letter to Ethiopian PM w/ press and Oxfam in center; Coffee order and room booking forms; Certificate of Appreciation from city of Santa Cruz to Sam

Kraft Foods coffee brochure; Oxfam International report "Bitter Coffee", Global Exchange Coffee Campaign, Oxfam America Coffee Policy Scoping Project (2004); Starbucks corporate social responsibility annual report

Coffee clips; USAID; Fair Trade; National Coffee Association - Coffee on the Hill (2003); USDA/FDA; ICO; Pests in coffee; International Scientific Colloquium on Coffee; Inter-American Foundation

Starbucks, Nestle USA, National Coffee Association, Kraft, Sara Lee, Procter and Gamble; Statements of Cass Ballenger, Sam Farr

Center for International Policy fact-finding mission to Cuba (2002); Cuba and terrorist states; The EU-U.S. Agreement and Protection of American Property Rights in Cuba; Embargo info

Normalize relations with U.S. and Cuba; Ending the embargo; Votes; Heartland Cuba Survey