World’s Biggest Fair Trade Coffee Break Comes to Northampton

Aiming to set the world record for the biggest ever coffee break, Northampton Fair Trade will stage a Fair Trade Coffee Break at three locations on Saturday, May 10, World Fair Trade Day with a toast to Fair Trade at 3 p.m. It will be one of over dozens of Fair Trade coffee breaks held simultaneously around the country, with thousands of people participating, and will focus on the benefits of Fair Trade for farmers, consumers, and the environment. Northampton Fair Trade will provide free fair trade coffee, chocolate, and educational literature.

Simultaneously at three locations:
Ten Thousand Villages, 82 Main Street, Northampton
River Valley Market, 330 North King Street, Northampton
Cup & Top Café, 1 North Main Street, Florence

Fair Trade Resource Network (FTRN.org), the national coordinator of World Fair Trade Day in the United States, has teamed up with the newly launched Fair Trade Towns USA, a coalition of local initiatives focused on enhancing Fair Trade’s presence in their communities, and other leading Fair Trade organizations to make World Fair Trade Day 2008 the biggest yet.

Northampton Fair Trade is a volunteer–run group that successfully organized to make Northampton, Massachusetts, the 6th Fair Trade Town in the United States. More information at www.mafairtrade.com.

For more info, contact Alexandra Mello, alexandramello(at)comcast(dot)net