Merilyn Parker is a Director of  Jasper Coffee; A leading Australian Fairtrade Licensed and Organic Certified Coffee Roaster.   Since 1989 Jasper Coffee has grown from a small niche roaster to become a major force in the Australian Coffee Market..

As an Australian Owned Family business Jasper Coffee aims to foster well-being and sustainable economic success in all its trading partnerships through its daily choices and operating practices. Jasper Coffee’s commitment to Economic Social and Sustainable business practice, lead to the Company becoming the First Commercial Coffee roaster to become Fairtrade Licensed in October 2003.

Since that time by promoting the Principles of Fairtrade through their coffee sales in the market place they have been partnering Fairtrade coffee growers in the Rehumanising of the food chain that FAIRTRADE embodies.

This led to Merilyn to visit Peru: where she saw first hand the impact of FAIRTRADE on the lives of the people who grow the coffee Jasper sells, and met the inspirational women of the remote Penachi region of Northern Peru who have realized their dream to sell their Café Femenino Coffee to the world. Speaking the story of these remarkable women is one of her favourite jobs. www.jaspercoffee.com

Fair Trade, Ethical Trade - Food & Goods From The Third World - Nourishing our Children in 21st Century, Organic Expo, Sydney 2006