...[A] new partnership...promotes biodiversity, conservation, and environmental education among Brazil’s coffee growing communities. We are teaming up with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Green Mountain Coffee for a two year initiative called the Sustainable Sourcing Partnership Project. Our work together will help increase producer organizations’ understanding of and compliance with Fair Trade environmental standards and Brazilian environmental law...[The] project will also support producer organizations interested in organic production and promote marketplace access for their products. It is a project that recognizes...that Fair Trade can be utilized as a tool for not only sustainable coffee production, but also for community empowerment.