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Black Gold - which cost £325,000 to make - has made waves at film festivals in Melbourne, Rio de Janeiro, Rome and all over America. It was shown to MPs at Westminster earlier this year. Next Saturday, the Francis brothers are to speak at a preview screening at the Guardian Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye, and the film goes on general release the following week. Nick said: 'We want to make people think about what's at the bottom of the coffee cup, and that has set alarm bells ringing in the big companies. Questions are being asked about how they can talk a lot about corporate responsibility yet not pay coffee farmers a decent price. We've had shareholders and employees of those companies writing to us saying, "We didn't know this." One worker in Starbucks said he was never going to serve latte in the same way again.

That was a beautiful find , Cement.

Indeed. Thank you.

We get out coffee from a fair trade co-operative. I rarely buy coffee from a major chain, mainly for these reasons.

These are he guys we buy our coffee for the office & at home) from: Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op

The only coffee I could find (at my major grocery chain store) labeled fair trade was Newman's Own. Hooray for Paul and Joanne.

Actually, it was his Daughter, Nell who got him into investing in Organic/Fair trade

see: Nell Newman, On a Mission for Fair Trade

Does a latte really cost £2 in the UK? Seems like a lot, even for a boutique drink. But then again, I only ever drink genuine Goya brand coffee. It may not be fair trade, but damn, it's cheap!

Many drinks at Starbucks here in canada cost $4.00 - $6.00 CAD or at current exchange rates ($3.73 - $5.59 USD | £1.88 - £2.82 GBP)