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Clarity on the coffee initiative

Travis Jordan Berkeley
Thursday November 07, 2002
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To the Editor: 

 

It is very disheartening that Measure O, which intended brewed coffee served in the city to “be Fair Trade, shade-grown, OR organic”, was listed in the Alameda County touch screen voting as “be Fair Trade, shade-grown, AND organic”. Only one of the three conditions was required in the Berkeley Responsible Coffee Initiative – not all three. This misrepresentation of the measure is a great disservice to voters and the coffee farmers who may have benefited from its fairly chosen adoption. 

 

Travis Jordan 

Berkeley