This Project is

Not For Sale

Aaron Stevens
Amanda Celiceo
Olea Stevens
Manar Mohammed
*All information, facts, etc from Not For Sale and/or Free2Work unless stated otherwise.
Retrieved from: http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/ and http://www.free2work.org/
Slavery occurs when one
person completely controls
another person using violence
or the threat of violence to
maintain that control, exploits
them economically and they
cannot walk away. --Not For
Sale
More than 8.4 million are child
slaves
30 million or more persons, $32
billion/year
More slaves today than at any point
in history
One of the worlds fastest growing
industries
250 million children are at work
*International Labor Organization
Used mainly in textiles, food and
electronics industries

target economically vulnerable
use deception

http://fairtraderva.org/home/?page_id=18
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Important Terms
FLO- Fairtrade International Organization: Sustainable development
and empowerment of disadvantaged producers and workers in
developing countries through certification.


RAC- Rainforest Alliance Products: Conserve biodiversity and improve
livelihoods

UTZ- UTZ Products: largest sustainability
programs for coffee, cocoa, and tea
Coffee and Slavery
Coffee among top industry in slavery use.
No pay
Threatened to keep working by beating and
intimidation.

http://wordshalfheard.blogspot.com/2013/09/how-much-does-
justice-cost.html
http://ionesolchamorro.wordpress.com/
Conditions
Children ages 7-16
Up to 80 hours a week.
Carry heavy loads, work with dangerous tools
like machetes
Often beaten with bicycle chains and whips
Coffee pickers are exposed to toxic chemicals
and pesticides harmful to their health and the
environment
Coffee
54% of adult Americans drink coffee everyday
over 870 coffee shops in Portland
Main companies represented on/around campus:
Starbucks
Seattles Best
Illy
Stumptown
Tullys
Einstein Bros.
Boyds
Portland Roasting Co.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/43896943/page/11
http://www.statisticbrain.com/coffee-drinking-statistics/
Coffee at/around PSU
Seattles Best
Dependence on Coffee
brought to the U. S. (then the New World) in
mid- 1600s
1773: Boston Tea Party, coffee new drink of
preference
NYSE started in coffeehouse
one of most valuable products to world trade
employment for millions
http://www.ncausa.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=68
http://www.ico.org/coffee_story.asp
What can we do?
Buy fair trade coffee & brew at home
Use coffee roaster
Use Free2Work app
Look for FLO, RAZ and UTZ labels
Support and buy from fair trade organization.
Archer Farms
Equal Exchange
Pura Vida
Get the word out about coffee and slavery!!