From: Little Traverse League for Peace and Freedom
Contact: Rebecca Glotfelty 231-547-2333
RE: Film Series
Showing When: 6:30pm Tuesday, October 9
Where: Charlevoix Public Library
What: Co-founder of Fair Trade Coffee company to introduce Showing of Documentary "Black Gold"
Chris Treter, co-founder of Higher Grounds Trading Company in TraverseCity, will introduce the documentary "Black Gold," Tuesday, October 9 at the Charlevoix Public Library at 6:30 p.m.
Black Gold follows Tadesse Meskela, representative of the Oromio Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union in Southern Ethiopia, as he tries to secure a living wage for the 70,000 Ethiopian coffee farmers herepresents.
After oil, coffee is the most actively traded commodity in the world with $80 billion in retail sales. But for every $3 cup of coffee, coffee farmers receive only 3 cents. Most of the money goes to the middlemen, especially the four giant conglomerates that control the coffee market.
Black Gold goes inside the coffee actions in Addis Ababa, London, and New York where the fate of the coffee-growing nations is decided. The film was an official selection at both the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival.
Higher Grounds Trading Company, the only 100% fair trade coffee company in the state of Michigan, has established a close working relationship with farmers in Ethiopia. The company's mission is to provide customers with premium, gourmet handcrafted coffees from partners who are leaders in sustainable development and environmental preservation. The company combines first-rate coffee with the opportunity to create social change.
The program is sponsored by the Little Traverse League for Peace andFreedom. It is free and open to the public.
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Join Chris Treter for dinner before the film. Members of the LTLPF will meet for dinner at 5:30pm. The restaurant has not been decided although I"m leaning toward Scovies on the waterfront since they have good seating for groups and relatively inexpensive food. RSVP before the evening so that we know how many people to expect.
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