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WHAT:  Fair trade discussion at World Trade Center Tacoma breakfast
WHO:  Matt Warner, professor of economics at the University of Puget Sound
WHEN:  Friday, March 7, 2008 -- 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
WHERE:  Law offices of Gordon Thomas Honeywell, 1501 Pacific Ave., 21st floor, Tacoma, WA

$10 for WTC members and students; $15 for non-members. RSVP required: Phone: (253)396-1022 | Fax: (253)396-1033 | Email: info@wtcta.org

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[From the WTC Tacoma web site]

http://www.wtcta.org/index.php?CURRENT_PAGE_ID=844

WTC Tacoma kicks off its monthly breakfast series with an engaging discussion about Fair Trade, how it works, the benefits, and how it affects communities.

Matt Warning is an associate professor of economics at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. He has spent over 20 years studying rural communities in Africa and Latin America, most recently focusing on fair trade coffee producers in Oaxaca, Mexico. An authority on the economics of fair trade certification in the coffee market, he has been quoted in a variety of publications including the Associated Press, Oprah's "O" Magazine, SocialFunds.com and the Seattle Times, and he has been interviewed on Seattle PBS and NPR programs. He is a consulting producer for the PBS documentary, "Buyer Be Fair: The Promise of Product Certification," concerning fair trade coffee and certified wood. Professor Warning holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

[From WTC Tacoma e-mail]

Friday, March 7, 2008 | 8:00 - 9:30AM

Fair Trade Discussion with Matt Warning, professor of economics at the University of Puget Sound

WTC Tacoma kicks off its monthly breakfast series with an engaging discussion about Fair Trade, how it works, the benefits, and how it affects communities.

Speakers for this breakfast are Matt Warning, Mark Viramontes, and Mark Mulder.

Matt Warning is an associate professor of economics at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. He has spent over 20 years studying rural communities in Africa and Latin America, most recently focusing on fair trade coffee producers in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Mark Viramontes is a partner with Firehouse Coffee Company and Origin 23 Degrees coffee shop in Tacoma. Firehouse Coffee Company is a specialty coffee roaster, committed to supporting certified fair trade products.

Mark Mulder is the Director of Auxiliary Services at Pacific Lutheran University, and worked to create the Fair Trade and World Goods store in the Garfield Book Company at Pacific Lutheran University. He led the curriculum in the area of fair trade and microfinance on a trip for students to South America in 2008. Mr. Mulder has also conducted research in several areas related to fair trade.

Fair Trade Discussion WTC Tacoma kicks off its monthly breakfast series with an engaging discussion about Fair Trade, how it works, the benefits, and how it affects communities. Speakers for this breakfast are Matt Warning, Mark Viramontes, and Mark Mulder. Matt Warning is an associate professor of economics at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. He has spent over 20 years studying rural communities in Africa and Latin America, most recently focusing on fair trade coffee producers in Oaxaca, Mexico. Mark Viramontes is a partner with Firehouse Coffee Company and Origin 23 Degrees coffee shop in Tacoma. Firehouse Coffee Company is a specialty coffee roaster, committed to supporting certified fair trade products. Mark Mulder is the Director of Auxiliary Services at Pacific Lutheran University, and worked to create the Fair Trade and World Goods store in the Garfield Book Company at Pacific Lutheran University. He led the curriculum in the area of fair trade and microfinance on a trip for students to South America in 2008. Mr. Mulder has also conducted research in several areas related to fair trade.