ADVISORY/What's in Your Coffee? Nell Newman to Tour Florida with Fair Trade, Organic Coffee Message.News Editors/Business Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Friday (March 19) to Saturday (March 20) WATERBURY, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 2004 Nell Newman, daughter of actors Paul Newman Noun 1. Paul Newman - United States film actor (born in 1925) Newman, Paul Leonard Newman and Joanne Woodward Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, and Emmy award-winning American actress. Woodward, who is married to Paul Newman, is also a television and theatrical producer. , will examine what really goes into a morning cup of coffee when she visits Tampa, Orlando and Miami, Florida “Miami” redirects here. For the Native American tribe, see Miami tribe. Miami is a major city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. It is the county seat of Miami-Dade County. Miami is a gamma world city with an estimated population of 404,048. this week. Nell is President of Newman's Own(R) Organics, a company that started as a division of Newman's Own(R) in 1993. Nell's company sells "Great tasting products that happen to be organic," and recently developed a line of Fair Trade organic coffees in conjunction with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is a publicly-traded brand of coffee based at Waterbury in the U.S. state of Vermont. The brand specializes in organic, fair-trade, and specialty gourmet coffees. Keurig is wholly owned subsidiary of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : GMCR GMCR Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc GMCR Grants Management Common Rule ). Paul Newman donates all his royalties after taxes from Newman's Own Organics to educational and charitable non-profits -- a total of over $2 million so far. Nell Newman's Florida tour will include the following stops:
When: Friday, March 19, 2004
Time: Noon
Where: University of South Florida, Tampa Campus
Marshall Center, Room 101
(On the corner of West Holly and East Holly, just south of
Crescent Hill)
When: Friday, March 19, 2004
Time: 3:00 pm
Where: University of Central Florida, Orlando
Communications Building, Room 209
(On the corner of Aquarius Agora Drive and Apollo Circle
Sidewalk.)
When: Saturday, March 20, 2004
Time: 10 am - Noon
Where: Downtown Miami Farmers' Market
Miami Avenue at Flagler Street
Nell recently returned from Guatemala, where she met with farmers who grow the beans for her coffee. "The response we received from the growers at the cooperative was tremendous," Nell said. "They really appreciate the fact that we pay a Fair Trade price that enables them to provide medical support for their kids, provide an education, and have a better standard of living." Nell will be joined by Kimberly Easson of TransFair USA TransFair USA, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is the American member of FLO International, which unites 23 Fairtrade producer and labelling initiatives across Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. , the only independent certifier of Fair Trade practices in the United States. Kimberly will explain how Fair Trade guarantees farmers a fair price for their harvest. |
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