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Fair Trade Coffee

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The Christian Science Monitor reports [2] that small coffee farmers are feeling the heat from larger farmers elbowing into the cachet of fair trade coffee:

But as the movement has expanded in recent years to include such brands as Starbucks, Green Mountain, Procter & Gamble, and Dunkin’ Donuts, dissension is percolating among some smaller roasters. They claim that the large firms, which buy only a small percentage of fair-trade beans, are turning it into a marketing ploy rather than an effort to help farmers.

Here’s my favorite part:

Another sticking point inside the movement are the requirements for being certified. Germany’s Fair Labeling Organization (FLO), which certifies all fair-trade coffee in the world, charges farmers $2,431 to certify plus an annual base of $607 for recertification and $.02 per 2.2 pounds of coffee sold under the fair-trade label.

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