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Posted by Siel in caffeine, fairtrade (July 2, 2008 at 9:49 pm), on http://greenlagirl.com If you’re like most Americans, you have just a vague idea of what fair trade means (i.e. something “good”). Try to find out any more, and you’ll be bombarded with all sortsa crazy info, from how fair trade isn’t really fair to how some companies are going over and above than fair trade to how Starbucks is the fairest of them all to how big corps are fucking up fair trade. You can catch up on those debate… Continue

By Jay Kilby, original on http://blog.webuyitgreen.com This is the third article in a five-part series that compares fair trade coffee, direct trade coffee, and Starbucks' C.A.F.E. program. The first article in the series, Why Do We Need Fair Trade Coffee?, explained how conditions in the traditional coffee industry gave rise to fair trade coffee. The second article, Fair Trade Coffee, explained how fair trade differs from the traditional coffee market. It also addressed several criticisms of f… Continue