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Fan Base: Kelly Clarkson
Member Since: 9/15/2012
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Originally posted by xDiamondx
Not that hard to call you that when you basically gave the rest of us a lesson in what is a basic and extremely limited perspective of artistry.
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I would probably think the same if I was in your skin because I see what I write. Who said I'm always serious  I like to watch the world burn.
Edit: Why did you delate half of your post? It was actually good.
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Member Since: 3/14/2013
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Originally posted by North & South
Kelly Clarkson: Five Things My Trip to Peru Taught Me About Fair Trade
By Kelly Clarkson
When I was asked by Green Mountain Coffee to take part in its Great Coffee, Good Vibes, Choose Fair Trade campaign, I was intrigued. I drink a lot of coffee on the road with my crew — it helps get us through 4 a.m. wake-up calls and late-night shows. But to be honest, I didn’t know much about Fair Trade, what an amazing system it is, and how it makes such a huge difference for farmers around the world. It's a simple concept: Fair Trade means farmers get a fair price for their crops.So I accepted Green Mountain’s offer to take me to a coffee farm in Peru to learn about the benefits of Fair Trade firsthand. I learned that Fair Trade helps give farmers the opportunity they need to live better lives. Here was my chance, my window of opportunity to lend my voice to help these farmers get theirs, and I’m so incredibly glad that I did.
In June, I stepped off a plane in Chiclayo, Peru, a dusty city in the South American desert near the ocean. I’d already flown thousands of miles, but my journey was just beginning. The next day, I drove four hours – mostly on bumpy dirt roads – to coffee country, to a small community in the mountains called Agua Azul. Good coffee grows in the mountains—that was the first thing I learned! As the car winded around switchbacks and through bamboo forests, I couldn’t help but think the trip I was taking up to the coffee farm is the exact same trip the coffee takes to eventually get to my coffee mug, just in reverse. All of the effort it takes to get great coffee into that mug was starting to dawn on me, but I never thought I’d learn so much. Here’s a sampling of some of the lessons I learned:
1. Coffee comes from a tree! I couldn’t believe that I actually didn't know this! A coffee tree is around the size of a large bush, about 10 feet tall, with red or yellow “cherries.” They grow in the mountains, along slopes and in the shade of taller trees. And the hike to where the coffee grows was no easy task.
2. Coffee farming is incredibly hard work. Every day during harvest in Peru, coffee farmers hike down steep slopes, carrying large baskets to harvest the ripe cherries. And that’s just the beginning. After the cherries are picked, the bean is removed from inside the cherry using a machine called a de-pulper. I met Sabina, a farmer who is a small woman in stature, but huge in heart, and she showed me how to use this machine. I tried it for a few minutes and my arms quickly became really tired! But Sabina could have kept going on that machine for an hour, no sweat. Then there's the work of drying the beans, bagging them for the mill, and all of the processing steps afterwards to make sure the coffee is the highest quality. I had no idea how much work was involved to make a single pound of coffee, and it made me realize how hard the task is, and how much farmers deserve to get a fair price for the coffee they grow.
3. There are amazing people behind your cup of coffee. I’ll never drink a cup of coffee again without thinking of the farmers I met. They are incredibly hard workers, and so proud of the work that they do. They were so welcoming, helping me learn about coffee and Fair Trade so graciously. I think that, no matter where you are in the world, if you’re working hard, you deserve to be compensated fairly for what you do. These farmers are mothers and fathers, and have families just like us. Fair Trade helps them support those families.
4. Fair Trade provides farmers with opportunity. I got a chance to talk with many coffee farmers about their lives and about Fair Trade. I visited a school where, because of Fair Trade, the kids are getting the right foundation for their education since the money coffee farmers make from Fair Trade contributes to schooling in the community. I visited a bank formed by the women of the community—they are empowered because of Fair Trade, and own their own coffee farms. Fair trade gives farmers an opportunity to support their families, helps keep kids in school, provides access to better healthcare, and the list goes on. Many family farmers live in remote locations and lack access to credit, so they are vulnerable to middlemen who may offer cash for their coffee at a fraction of its value. Fair Trade guarantees coffee farmers a fair price for unroasted, green coffee, and also links farmers directly with coffee,, creating long-term sustainability.
5. Fair Trade means a great cup of coffee, but it also helps improve lives for farmers. When I started my journey, I wasn’t sure what Fair Trade meant, but it's simple. Choose Fair Trade. The wonderful people I met in Peru work so hard, care so much, and are so proud of the coffee that they grow. It tastes amazing because of the care that they take to make it that way. Every parent I talked to on this trip, every farmer, when I asked them about Fair Trade, would tell me: “It’s how we educate our children; it’s how we better ourselves for the future.” How could I not want to spread the word about that?
Choose Fair Trade. When it comes down to it, Fair Trade is really an easy decision we can make every day. So the next time you’re in the grocery aisle, whether it’s coffee, or sugar, or chocolate – seek out the Fair Trade Certified label, and choose to purchase Fair Trade. It’s a small choice that helps to make a huge difference. To learn more about Fair Trade and my journey to Peru with Green Mountain Coffee, visit ChooseFairTrade.com.
Kelly Clarkson has sold over 20 million albums worldwide, and has had 10 singles in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. She has received three Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music Awards, one Country Music Association Award and 12 Billboard Music Awards. Clarkson is currently recording her very first Christmas album, Wrapped In Red, which is set for release on October 29. She also serves as a Green Mountain Coffee Fair Trade Ambassador.
http://shine.yahoo.com/experts/kelly...172625805.html
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Not Kelly taking me to school again with that. Amazing details about coffee I never knew. Lemme buy FT certified labeled coffee brands this month. 
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Member Since: 11/23/2011
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Coffee comes from a tree!
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This redneck hillbilly. 
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Member Since: 11/26/2011
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I don't drink coffee, only real tea 
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Member Since: 1/27/2012
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Aw, at Kelly taking a day off for my birthday. 
Also, who's going to that Kelly/brew thing in NYC tomorrow night?
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Originally posted by vonno
I don't drink coffee, only real tea |
Oh...i drink coffee2 
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Member Since: 8/17/2011
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Originally posted by jpsketch
Aw, at Kelly taking a day off for my birthday.
Also, who's going to that Kelly/brew thing in NYC tomorrow night? |
I'll see you there sis.
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Member Since: 11/26/2011
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Originally posted by jpsketch
Aw, at Kelly taking a day off for my birthday.
Also, who's going to that Kelly/brew thing in NYC tomorrow night? |
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Originally posted by JClarkSTAN
I'll see you there sis. |
Aww what if one turns up but not the other? 
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Member Since: 1/27/2012
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Neither of us would be the wiser.
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Member Since: 3/7/2012
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Originally posted by Eyarimu
The whole discussion started from my little statement where I called GaGa "artist" and Kelly "singer". I think it's right.
I'm never said GaGa doesn't have vocal skills and Kelly can't write or create music.
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It's all your fault, I agree with you (we all do actually). So can we stop with this artistic discussion?
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Originally posted by e437
I want Kelly to pull a We Remain or do something more film likely (not like Breakaway who does not have this type of sounds)
So I really want her to do a song for a big movie. She would slay
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I don't know We Remain but I agree with you that Kelly would easily slay and win an Oscar (Adele hew?  ) if she did a big song for a big movie.
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Originally posted by MJ Boston
If you were Kelly, you'd make life and career two separate things? So you'd write about nothing in your life, which means nothing personal, which means you'd be singing about something irrelevant to you, which means you wouldn't be behind what you're singing, which makes you not an artist, which makes you a flop, which makes your post incomprehensible, which makes me no longer care, which leads me to say BYE. |
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1. Coffee comes from a tree! I couldn’t believe that I actually didn't know this! A coffee tree is around the size of a large bush, about 10 feet tall, with red or yellow “cherries.” They grow in the mountains, along slopes and in the shade of taller trees. And the hike to where the coffee grows was no easy task.
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Am I being superior because I think that everyone knows that coffee doesn't just appear in the air out of nowhere but that it "comes from a tree" instead?  Nothing against Kelly but I find this kinda ridiculous.
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Member Since: 7/16/2012
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The delusion about Kelly not being an artist 
Sorry, Eyarimu, I gotta disagree with you.... I mean Kelly has been in this music business for so long and is still successful. Wanna know why? Cause people love her music and her ART. She worked so hard to get to this level especially after breakaway and you have a nerve to say she's not a true artist... People said Breakaway is a MASTERPIECE and only true artists create masterpieces... Just saying.
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Member Since: 7/16/2012
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To be honest, I thought coffee came from the ground... Not trees.  Kelly is not the only one . Lol
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Member Since: 9/15/2012
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Originally posted by KeepingTheFlowers
The delusion about Kelly not being an artist
Sorry, Eyarimu, I gotta disagree with you.... I mean Kelly has been in this music business for so long and is still successful. Wanna know why? Cause people love her music and her ART. She worked so hard to get to this level especially after breakaway and you have a nerve to say she's not a true artist... People said Breakaway is a MASTERPIECE and only true artists create masterpieces... Just saying. |
Thank you. First comment that is actually written in a kind way and without all the poison. You're the best 
I guess I might even rethink everything now. The power of being nice
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Member Since: 7/16/2012
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Originally posted by Eyarimu
Thank you. First comment that is actually written in a kind way and without all the poison. You're the best
I guess I might even rethink everything now. The power of being nice |
No problem, hope you change your mind about kelly being an artist 
Just remember, she wrote Because of You when she was 16 and it became a WW smash. Only a true artist can do that. Only true artist would launch other producers career. Only true artists would be humbled and not worry about making smash every time because she loves what she does. And that's an artist right there. Anddddd... I'm done
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Member Since: 3/7/2012
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Random and irrelevant but:
@xDiamondx
I forgot to mention that I love all the gifs of an 1D member that you use. They are genious. 
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Member Since: 6/26/2011
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@kelly_clarkson
It’s Fair Trade month! Thx to @GreenMtnCoffee I learned buying #FairTrade coffee makes a huge difference for farmers. http://bit.ly/1ehUGAT
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Member Since: 6/29/2012
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Originally posted by vonno
I don't drink coffee, only real tea |
I have to have a cup of coffee everyday. 
Happy I missed most of the artistry discussion. Kelly is an artist. Her vocal work is art itself 
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Member Since: 6/26/2011
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@kelly_clarkson
Spent the last few days with my band/crew at Lake Shasta in CA! Back to work today! See you tonight, Sacramento! pic.twitter.com/HcFk2EDnjF
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Member Since: 4/23/2012
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Originally posted by Nerevanin
Am I being superior because I think that everyone knows that coffee doesn't just appear in the air out of nowhere but that it "comes from a tree" instead? Nothing against Kelly but I find this kinda ridiculous. |
I'm pretty sure Kelly didn't mean that, but there is a special sort of coffee beans from India that is mostly eaten by a special sort of cats. The cats then **** out the digested coffee beans, adding an "exquisite" flavor to it. So no, coffee does not always come from trees, sometimes it might as well come out of a cats butthole. That coffee sort costs up to $300 
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