Why buy Fairtrade?
First off, i'm not going to start preaching about how i'm right and your wrong, i'm not a cunt. I just thought i'd right a short piece about why i think a FairTrade brands are.. well... Fairer! FairTrade was set up to give farmers in 3rd world countries a better price for the produce they grow which we consume every day. That bar of chocolate you ate for dessert, the Coca bean was most likely grown somewhere in Africa. Your Morning Coffee, again probably grown in Africa.
FairTrade organizes co-operatives within farming communities so they can compete with the large companies who would otherwise flood them out of the market and take great steps to try and offer the farmers greater rewards for they labor.
I tend to make a great effort to buying Fairtrade products over other brands, something about giving a 3rd world farmer the same respect as any other farmer in my country that owns 30 hectares of land and 10 tractors makes the product in question taste an little extra sweet. I highly recommend FairTrade Coffee
, this particular blend is slightly on the expensive side, but i'd compare it to the Elixir of Life!!
my aunt used to work for this organization
ReplyDeletei try to get fair trade stuff as well, whole foods market has a bunch of this stuff if i remember correctly
ReplyDeleteI think I'll try some of that coffee.
ReplyDeleteim not really sure how i feel about this =x
ReplyDeleteSounds like an interesting organization.
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty important to look for to be honest, although I usually go for goods produced in my homeland. We have higher standards when it comes to payments and such, and it is therefore much more expensive than your average imported good. But hey, they need support too.
ReplyDeleteHmm... I'll have to read more about it.
ReplyDeletehmm fairtrade sounds pretty legitimate
ReplyDeletegreat post!
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