I’ve said this before. When you purchase non-Fair Trade coffee, you are allowing coffee buyers and coffee producing companies to make huge profits at the expense of impoverished coffee farmers. Fortunately, there are increasing numbers of companies selling Fair Trade organic coffee. One of these is Higher Ground. It is 100% fair trade, organic, and [...]
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Higher Ground: Fair Trade Coffee
08-May-08About a week ago, Dakota, our lab puppy, destroyed my husband’s last two warm hats. He had nothing to wear on his walks in the woods. So, while picking up his daily coffee at Whole Foods, he noted that the store sold Cagoule Fleece hats. These are made from 85% post-consumer recycled fibers obtained from [...]
Crop to Cup (C2C)
23-Feb-08Coffee. It sometimes costs several dollars for a cup. But, you probably already know that in most instances the coffee farmer, who often lives a barely subsistence life, receives only a tiny fraction of that amount. All too often, numerous middlemen — between the farmer and the consumer — take a disproportion amount of the [...]