Posted in News on Nov 16th, 2010
Tadesse Meskela steps across the door thresh-hold onto a polished cement floor. “Look!”, he says, spreading his arms into the large sunlit empty room. “This is for the workers.” Tadesse points out the places where the workers’ lockers will be, the washrooms and showers. Across the room [...]
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Posted in Opinion on Oct 5th, 2010
In August, Bill Barrett had the opportunity to visit OROMIA Coffee Farmers Union in Ethiopia. It had been a number of years since Planet Bean Coffee’s last trip to Ethiopia, and alot has changed!
Here are a few photos. Stay tuned for some of Bills stories appearing here in the coming weeks.
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Posted in News on Oct 3rd, 2007
Planet Bean Signs Trademarking and Licensing Agreement with Ethiopia The first Canadian coffee company to become licensed distributor of Ethiopia’s trademarked coffees
GUELPH, ONTARIO – October 3, 2007 – Planet Bean, a Canadian pioneer fair trade coffee roaster joins the growing network of licensed distributors of Ethiopia’s trademarked coffees.
Planet Bean is a company that buys [...]
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