Buy Fair Trade Coffee

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hoosiertoo said:
Even more to the point. The artificially high price for coffee is not sustainable and will likely cause even more problems for the poor farmer down the road.
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I think this is a valid concern. Fair Trade programs are definitely oriented to the short term.

But personally, given the chance to earn 20K for a short time instead of the usual 16K, I would jump at the chance.
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And, as I have pointed out before, projects like this don’t have a feedback mechanism built it.
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Including an assessment before the intervention and re-assessment after the intervention makes a lot of sense.
 
Dale_M said:
I think this is a valid concern. Fair Trade programs are definitely oriented to the short term.

But personally, given the chance to earn 20K for a short time instead of the usual 16K, I would jump at the chance.
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I’m tempted to quote Mark Twain’s story about the mountain climber, riding an avalanche over a precipice, waving his hat in the air – “But ask yourself, how does this person feel the next morning?” 😉
Dale_M said:
Including an assessment before the intervention and re-assessment after the intervention makes a lot of sense.
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I think in many cases we are criminally negligent not to have such assessments. There are many cases where with the best will in the world, we did enormous damage to the poor.
 
Our parish is involved in selling fair trade coffee and chocolate. It is gourmet coffee and fine Swiss made chocolate. The question of “affording it” isn’t an issue because we can purchase it wholsale from the coffee COOP (Equal Exchange) for less than you can buy coffee in the store. We sell the 12 oz packages of coffee for $4.75-$5.25 Starbucks isn’t anywhere close to that.

Plus Equal Exchange guarantees farmers a set minimum price that will never go lower even when the market price does. They provide financial education and give micro-credit loans.

Plus the coffee and chocolate is awesomely good. Its a win-win situation.

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We have fair trade coffee on the shelves of most of the supermarkets in Omaha and the price is lower than Charbuck$. Uh, Starbucks. Fair Trade coffee is also priced much higher at Whole Foods and Wild Oats. And the only difference in the coffee is that they put it in a higher quality plastic bag. So if you are in a largish city, you may not need to make a special trip and it’s not as expensive as you may think.

If only I’d seen this yesterday, I could have compared Fair Trade logos and given you all the brand I found. I seem to recall the bag was orange and red, rather pretty.

However, if Folgers and Maxwell House suit your palate, most of the Fair Trade blends are going to be too strong a taste for you.
 
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