What is Fair Trade Certified Coffee?

The Fair Trade Certified label guarantees a fair price.

The Fair Trade Certified label guarantees that farmers and workers receive a fair price for their product. 70% of all coffee is grown by small family farmers and it costs them 75 cents per pound to grow their coffee. Without Fair Trade, they are paid 25 cents per pound. With Fair Trade, independent farmers export the coffee themselves and are guaranteed $1.26 per pound. So, more money ends up in the hands of the people who do the work. Farmers can feed their families and their children can go to school instead of working in the fields.

Most Fair Trade Certified coffee, tea and chocolate in the US is certified organic and shade grown. This means that the products you buy maintain biodiversity, provide shelter for migratory birds and help reduce global warming.

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