5 Common Myths About Fair Trade Coffee

On September 16, 2019, the Fair Trade USA Staff posted an article with the intentions to spread awareness about the 5 common myths about fair trade coffee!

Fair Trade USA: A major goal for us is to provide information to help consumers and businesses make informed, ethical purchase decisions, and one way to do that is by dispelling misinformation about fair trade coffee that has come up over the years. This article aims to clear some of that up. [source: https://www.fairtradecertified.org/news/fair-trade-coffee-myths]

Myth #1: Fair trade is only valuable for businesses.

Myth #2: The fair trade coffee price doesn’t really help farmers.

Myth #3: Direct Trade is better because fair trade doesn’t focus on quality.

Myth #4: Fair trade doesn’t focus on environmental sustainability.

Myth #5: There isn’t enough fair trade coffee available.

Click the link below to learn more about the 5 myths about fair trade coffee, we all love a cup of coffee to get the day started!