Berkeley measure for politically correct coffee likely to fail. City voters rejected an attempt to require all cups of coffee sold in the city to be "fair trade", shade-grown, or organic. Two quotes from the article:
"I think the message this sends is that the public wants to choose their products,'' said Mark Inman, roast master at Taylor Maid Farms, which sells organic coffee. "They don't want to be told how to live or how to do their part, or how to help the world out."Also,
"In terms of raising awareness, we've already won. It has gotten international attention. People didn't even know what fair trade was,'' said Valerie Orth, an organizer for Global Exchange.Yes, we now know what fair trade is. We also know what type of government we'll have if these activists ever achieve political power. I know who I'm not going to vote for when the time comes. Posted by joelfuhrmann at November 7, 2002 01:20 PM