Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op By: Meg Sellarole Katie Stoeckel Katherine Stellman
Key Message: By establishing business co-operative for coffee, a small town in Canada was able to collaborate with local co-operatives in Mexico, showing a win-win situation for environment, development, and business.
Just us! Coffee Roasters Co-op is a small co- operative in Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mission Statemement: “People and the Planet before Profits.”
THE PROBLEM… NOW… the middle man is cut out! Producer Consumer Reliance on coyotes Transport, process, export Who should profit? NOW… the middle man is cut out! Producer Consumer
About Just Us! Jeff Moore- founder Objectives: Developed in 1990 First Shipment: Spring 1996 Worker Owned Co-op Products Coffee Tea Sugar Chocolate Objectives: Democratic Work for the common good Environmentally responsible Transparent Accountable to members
The Producers Coffee: El Salvador Costa Rica Columbia Guatemala Honduras Peru Ecuador Ethiopia Indonesia Nicaragua Mexico Tea: Ecuador Sri Lanka India South Africa Sugar: Paraguay Chocolate: Dominican Republic Bolivia
Certifications FairTrade Canada Organic Certified Producers and Processors (OCPP)
Ecosystem Services Pollination Migration
Employee and Community Benefits Part-owners Board of Directors One member, one vote Member Roles Production staff Administration Sales Café workers Investment Fund
The Success of Just Us! High Quality Employment Increased income for small organic coffee farmers! Ethical and Quality Product
Future Goals Develop a GLOBAL economic force. Maintain relationship with investors, customers, and employees!
Thank you! Link to the article: http://img.teebweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Fair-Trade- Certification-for-coffee-Canada.pdf Link to the Just Us! Website: http://www.justuscoffee.com/