Coffee is traded all over the world, and is the second highest commodity traded on the planet. Yet the small family farmers that grow the coffee are living in poverty. The middlemen take advantage of these small family farmers that don't have means of transporting there crops to the market. This forces them to sell below market value and sell at rock bottom prices.
This is where Fair Trade gives the farmers another way to sell their coffee and for companies a better way to buy their coffee. This can be done by shortening the route from the grower to the roaster. This reduces unnecessary middlemen. These farmers belong to a coop which means instead of buying their coffee through brokers and middlemen these companies can buy from this Fair Trade Certified coop. The monies for these purchase is funneled back through these coops and the monies go back to these farmers and their communities. Justice has a price!
When you offer this as a fund raiser there is a choice for everyone from fair trade coffee to decaf and including vanilla chai latte along with a rich, creamy hot chocolate.
This is where Fair Trade gives the farmers another way to sell their coffee and for companies a better way to buy their coffee. This can be done by shortening the route from the grower to the roaster. This reduces unnecessary middlemen. These farmers belong to a coop which means instead of buying their coffee through brokers and middlemen these companies can buy from this Fair Trade Certified coop. The monies for these purchase is funneled back through these coops and the monies go back to these farmers and their communities. Justice has a price!
When you offer this as a fund raiser there is a choice for everyone from fair trade coffee to decaf and including vanilla chai latte along with a rich, creamy hot chocolate.