Coffee... "fair trade"
BY: Guest on 2006-03-03 4:30 AM
So I just found out about “fair trade” coffee movement, from a fellow USC student Blog. The fair trade movement
(as I understand
) that for coffee
(or any commodity
) to be certified “fair trade” it must meet a set price at sale that goes to the grower. When coffee
(American
) companies buy by the pound and the going rate is $.70 on the pound, and for these farmers what they need to make to not get “locked” into a debt cycle is $1.70. Makes we wonder, as this girl challenged go into your local Starbucks
(if you buy coffee there
) and say: “Could I get a cup of fair trade coffee?”
I wrote a long email to her, and she talked back with a great sense of humor.
Her web site is:
http://greenlagirl.com/
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