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H ugh Jackman is a movie star, Broadway performer, family man, humanitarian and all-around class act. But did you know he was a coffee shop owner? The 46-year-old actor was inspired to open his own cafe after traveling to Ethiopia in 2009 as an ambassador for World Vision Australia. There, he meet a young coffee farmer named Dukale, who worked day-in and day-out to provide for his family.  While spending time working alongside Dukale  and understanding his craft, Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness soon realized the difference fair trade coffee makes to the grower and the environment, and  how purchasing it can change lives . Just by having a cup of fair trade coffee a day, they, and others, could change the course of global poverty. What began as a trip to tell the story of coffee turned into much more. "By the end, we had this whole fairy tale ending of seeing Dukale's name on a brand with a massive national coffee seller," Jackman told The Huffing

Specialty coffee retailer Keurig Green Mountain Inc. ( GMCR   -  Analyst Report ) launched the Laughing Man branded coffee in K-Cup packs to be brewed exclusively in Keurig hot brewing systems. The Laughing Man branded K-Cups were made available from Jun 4 exclusively on Keurig Green Mountain’s official site — Keurig.com. Laughing Man coffee has offered four varieties, Dukale’s Blend, 184 Duane St. Blend, Ethiopia Sidama and Colombia Huila, for the coffee lovers at the launch. Laughing Man coffee K-Cup pods will come in boxes of 3, 10 and 16-count carrying price tags of $2.49, $9.99 and $12.99, respectively. The company plans to expand the product to retail stores by the end of this year. In Dec 2014, Keurig Green Mountain entered into partnership with New York City-based Laughing Man Worldwide, LLC, to use the Laughing Man Coffee and Tea brands. The Laughing Man Coffee and Tea brand produces gourmet coffees and teas which are distributed across the world. With the partnership of K

On Tuesday,  Keurig Green Mountain Inc (NASDAQ:GMCR )’s  shares declined -0.97% to $84.84. Keurig Green Mountain Inc (GMCR) launched the Laughing Man branded coffee in K-Cup packs to be brewed exclusively in Keurig hot brewing systems. The Laughing Man branded K-Cups were made accessible from Jun 4 exclusively on Keurig Green Mountain’s official site — Keurig.com. Laughing Man coffee has offered four varieties, Dukale’s Blend, 184 Duane St. Blend, Ethiopia Sidama and Colombia Huila, for the coffee lovers at the launch. Laughing Man coffee K-Cup pods will come in boxes of 3, 10 and 16-count carrying price tags of $2.49, $9.99 and $12.99, respectively. The company plans to expand the product to retail stores by the end of this year. n Dec 2014, Keurig Green Mountain reached partnership with New York City-based Laughing Man Worldwide, LLC, to use the Laughing Man Coffee and Tea brands. The Laughing Man Coffee and Tea brand produces gourmet coffees and teas which are distributed ac

allafrica.com "Progress of the World's Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights" launches in seven cities A major report from UN Women, released today in seven locations globally, brings together human rights and economic policymaking to call for far-reaching changes to the global policy agenda that will transform economies and make women's rights, and equality, a reality. It takes an in-depth look at what the economy would look like if it truly worked for women, for the benefit of all. Progress makes the case that the alternative economic agenda it outlines would not only create fairer societies, it would also create new sectors of employment, for instance in the care economy. The report is being published as the international community comes together to define a transformative new agenda for sustainable development and 20 years after the landmark Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, which set out an ambitious agenda to advan

Nestled in the turbulent Horn of Africa, Ethiopia is Africa’s oldest independent modern nation-state and second most populous. Discourse on Ethiopia has traditionally revolved around poverty, conflict, disease, and famine, yet in recent years it has experienced considerable economic growth, making it amongst “ Africa’s top performing economies, ” and the country has also made significant progress on several of the  United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals . Furthermore, regional political maneuvers and ambitions have seen Ethiopia touted as “ Africa’s Next Hegemon. ” Although these developments are widely heralded within the new Ethiopian narrative, other critical issues have often been overlooked. For example, while Ethiopia’s economic “miracle” has been much celebrated, it remains the second poorest country in the world according to the  United Nations Development Programme  and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative’s Multidimensional Poverty Index , the country