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Middle men buy coffee beans less than they are worth and keep most of the profits The more people that the exports have to go through between the farmer and consumer, the more probability of unfair trading
Small farmer
Farmer cooperative
Equal Exchange
Store/Caf
Consumer
Allows for fair wages, sustainable, reliable businesses, and basic working rights On the conventional commodity chain, wages do not allow for basic rights and a satisfactory standard of living
Widespread poverty
However, Fair Trade is only focused on the small farmer and not large plantations
Equal Exchange
The minimum price of the coffee beans are already established
Discussed between the farmer cooperative and processor Equal and long-term partnerships
Dealings are not to be competitive for the lowest price Instead, more concern for just wages for the farmers and reasonable prices for the consumers Info about the market and sales are given to the farmer cooperative
Equal Exchange
Farming Cooperative
Coffee Beans Ideas and thoughts about export pricing
Processor
Profits from export countries Information on export market and sales
Equal Exchange allows for transparent communication between farmers and processor No abuse or misuse of farmers and their exports Farmers have more power and say in what they want Equal exchange increases the cost to the consumer, the cost difference is minimal Although the difference is minimal, it is enough to increase farmers wages to satisfactory
Store/Caf
Around the world, mostly to the United States After passing the requirements, the coffee beans (or grounds) can be Fair Trade Certified Exports go from being packaged by the processor to being sent to be sold at stores and cafes Importers and businesses pay a fee to receive and sell Fair trade exports
Store/Caf
Fair trade products used to be only sold in small, local coffee shops and high-end grocery stores Due to recent growth in popularity, Fair trade coffee is now found in Starbucks and even in McDonalds and Walmart Fair trade products bring light to the injustices and abuse foreign workers face in order to produce exports and make a living wage
Makes customers more informed about the origins of foreign exports
The Consumer
Around the world, mostly the United States The United States is the top coffee importer of the world Fair trade coffee costs slightly more than coffee from conventional techniques
Cutting out the middlemen that the coffee beans go through Increase in price for increase in wages
The Consumer
The consumer is more aware of the exploitation of powerless farmers against big corporations through Fair trade products Movements for fair wages for exporters have been started and continued throughout the world Each purchase makes a difference for coffee bean farmers in South America
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Sources
http://fairtradeusa.org/ http://www.globalexchange.org/fairtrade/coffee/faq http://www.equalexchange.coop/products/coffee http://graduateinstitute.ch/files/live/sites/iheid/files/sit es/international_economics/shared/international_econ omics/publications/working%20papers/2007/HEIWP062007.pdf