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How to Select and Brew the Perfect Fair Trade Coffee
Fair trade is the system of certifying that the company or product is naturally sourced as well as ethically sourced. So, these certified companies or products are sourced naturally and their labor standards are set to meet a higher quality “, unlike for example high fashion companies like h&m that outsource to create their products and utilize a ‘sweatshop’ like workplace. Fair trade certified coffee directly supports a better life for farming families in the developing world through fair prices, community development and environmental stewardship.
For more information on where to purchase fair trade coffee visit the link attached below.
Fair trade, when it comes to coffee, holds a lot more options than other products because coffee is a natural source if it isn’t covered in pesticides. All of these companies naturally source their coffee beans and fairly pay the workers who are sourcing and packaging them: Starbucks, Nespresso, Trader Joe’s, Green Mountain, Kirkland Signature Seattle’s Best. There are so many places that the everyday person can find these products such as TraderJoe’s, Whole Foods, Aldi, or CVS.
When you buy from companies that care where their products come from, how they're made, and how their workers' quality of life is, then you promote that practice in all consumer habits you have. Think of brands like Shien, they are sourced in China and are known for their crazy affordable prices, but what are the costs of these items? The true cost is to the workers. They are working in unsafe conditions and unsustainable hours that us, as Americans working in protected / regulated conditions, don't have to endure. The majority of ‘sweatshop’ workers will work well over 40 hours in a week and only be paid $0.30 an hour.
Shopping through the fair trade route isn’t only the best thing for other countries, but for the United States as well. These other countries are relying on opportunities from Fair Trade companies to provide them with safe working environments and fair wages. Here, in the United States, we are relying on our stable economy to allow us to purchase from these other countries. Fair Trade or not. So, having the opportunity to shop fair trade is beneficial to both us and them, and drinking quality coffee isn’t such a bad idea either.
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