Coffee with a Conscience: Why Buy Fair Trade Coffee  

by bigiain
Article by R.L. Fielding






Coffee is second only to oil as the most traded commodity in the world, and the United States is its largest consumer. While the average cost for a pound of coffee ranges from .00 to almost .00, the average third world coffee farmer receives only 25 to 50 cents. Though a good yield can garner close to ,000 a year for the average farmer, by the time that same yield hits the cup in the US,

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