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Fair Trade Explained Our business is committed to providing fair wages and good employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and farmers worldwide. Many farmers around the world receive market payments from corporations (i.e. Nestlé Foods) that are lower than the costs of production, forcing them into a cycle of poverty and debt. Intensive farming can also lead to pesticide pollution and deforestation. Fair Trade works to correct these imbalances by guaranteeing a minimum wage for small producers' harvests and by encouraging organic and sustainable cultivation methods. Fair trade farmers are provided badly needed credit and assured a minimum price. With the profits generated from receiving fair wages, coffee growers can invest in health, education, and environmental protection. Taking
a step to buy fair trade supports rather than exploits coffee farmers
around the world. Please purchase fairly traded products and help us to support living wages and safe and healthy conditions for workers in the developing world. |
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