Fair Trade Coffee Roasters Wholesale Prices
Fair Trade empowers farmers and farm workers to lift themselves out of poverty by developing the business skills necessary to compete in the global marketplace. By guaranteeing minimum floor prices and social premiums, Fair Trade enables producers to invest in their farms and communities and protect the environment. But Fair Trade is much more than a fair price.
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Fair Trade Bolivian Cenaproc coffee wholesale price $6.38 per pound
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Fair Trade Organic East Timor Maubesse  coffee wholesale price $6.82 per pound |
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Fair Trade Organic El Salvador San Mauricio coffee wholesale price $6.27 per pound
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Fair Trade Organic Ethiopian Harrar coffee wholesale price $6.59 per pound |
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Fair Trade Organic Guatemalan
San Juan Utapa coffee wholesale price $6.32 per pound |
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Fair Trade Organic Nicaraguan Matagalpa coffee wholesale price $6.35 per pound
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The U.S.A. downs twenty percent of all the globes java, constituting it the biggest consumer in the world. Only a few Americans understand that agriculture workers in the coffee industry frequently labor in what can be depicted as the "sweatshops in the fields." Numerous humble coffee farmers incur prices for their coffee that are lower than the costs of production, thrusting them into a cycle of impoverishment and debt. Fair Trade is a feasible resolution to this crisis, reassuring consumers that the coffee we drink was purchased under fair conditions. To become Fair Trade certified, an importer must conform to demanding internationalistic measures; paying a minimum price per pound of $1.26, allowing for very much needed credit to farmers, and allowing for technological aid such as assistance transitioning to organic farming. Fair Trade for coffee farmers represents community development, health, educational activity, and environmental stewardship.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Fair Trade and TransFair
Fair Trade certification is a market-based model of international trade
that benefits over one million farmers and farm workers in 58 developing
countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Fair Trade certification
enables consumers to vote for a better world with their dollars, simply by
looking for the Fair Trade Certified label on the products they buy. Fair Trade Certified agricultural products including coffee, tea and
herbs, cocoa and chocolate, fresh fruit, sugar, rice, and spices (vanilla)
are currently available at over 35,000 retail establishments in the U.S. Fair Trade principles include:
What is TransFair USA and what does TransFair do?
TransFair USA, a non-profit organization, is the only independent,
third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the U.S. TransFair's rigorous
audit system verifies industry compliance with Fair Trade criteria. TransFair
licenses over 600 U.S. companies to display the Fair Trade Certified label on
agricultural products that meet strict international Fair Trade standards.
TransFair is one of 23 members of Fairtrade Labelling Organizations
International (FLO). TransFair USA enables sustainable development and community empowerment by
cultivating a more equitable global trade model that benefits farmers,
workers, consumers, industry and the earth. We achieve our mission by
certifying and promoting Fair Trade products. What is FLO and what does FLO do? Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO) is an association of
producer networks and 20 Labelling Initiatives, including TransFair USA, that
certify and promote Fair Trade products internationally. FLO is based in
Bonn, Germany and is composed of two separate organizations: FLO International is a non-profit, multi-stakeholder
association involving FLO's 23 member organizations (or National Labelling
Initiatives), producer groups, traders and external experts. FLO e.V.
develops and reviews the international Fair Trade standards. FLO-Cert inspects and certifies producer groups in
more than 50 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. For more information about FLO, please visit their website at www.fairtrade.net Which products are Fair Trade Certified™ in the U.S.? TransFair USA began certifying coffee in 1998 and has since expanded to
include tea and herbs, cocoa and chocolate, fresh fruit, sugar, rice, and
spices. TransFair is currently investigating the potential to certify
additional products. Fair Trade Certified flowers, cotton, honey, sports
balls, wine and beer are available in the European market. TransFair does not
certify handicrafts. Does TransFair USA certify crafts? No. At this time TransFair USA only certifies agricultural products. The
Fair Trade Certification model was designed for commodity products and has
not yet been adapted to handicrafts and other products made by small-scale
artisans, which are unique and have highly varied production processes and
costs. Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO) and IFAT (an
umbrella organization representing Fair Trade producers and importers, many
of whom work with handicrafts) have been working together over the past few
years to integrate their systems more closely. Ideally, this would enable
TransFair to certify handicrafts and other IFAT-member products in the
future. This negotiation should be finalized during 2007. In addition, World
of Good Development Organization is developing a pricing tool for fair trade
crafts that could contribute to solving some of the technical obstacles to
certification. Although there is currently no third-party Fair Trade certification for
crafts, housewares, garments, etc., many importers and retailers do adhere to
general fair trade principals, including establishing direct, long-term
relationships with suppliers, paying fair prices, and assuring safe working
conditions. To purchase fairly traded goods, please visit the following sites:
Who determines Fair Trade standards? Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO) establishes Fair
Trade standards using a multi-stakeholder process involving producers,
workers, mission-based companies, conventional traders, Labeling Initiatives
(like TransFair USA), and independent consultants specializing in Fair Trade
and labor issues. This process ensures that a broad range of viewpoints is
considered in setting and reviewing Fair Trade standards. FLO sets standards
in accordance with the requirements of the ISEAL Code of Good Practice in
standards setting. To read the complete standards for all Fair Trade products and to learn
more about the process by which they are created, please visit FLO's website. Are Fair Trade Certified products also certified
organic? Fair Trade standards require sustainable farming techniques and offer
price premiums for organic production, but Fair Trade certification does not
guarantee that a product was organically grown. However, Fair Trade farmers are more likely to use sustainable,
traditional growing methods rather than apply (expensive) agrochemicals, and
producer groups frequently use Fair Trade revenues to train members in
environmentally sustainable farming practices and to finance the cost of
organic certification. Fair Trade and organic certification often go hand in hand. Currently over
60%of Fair Trade Certified coffee in the U.S. is also certified organic. Do Fair Trade Certified products cost more than
conventional products? Not necessarily. Fair Trade Certified coffees and chocolates are generally
priced competitively with other gourmet, specialty coffees and chocolates.
They are, though, more expensive than mass-produced, low quality coffees and
chocolates. Fair Trade Certified bananas, on the other hand, can cost much
more than conventional bananas because small cooperatives lack the extensive
shipping and logistical capabilities of vertically-integrated, multinational
fruit companies and incur higher costs to transport their products to market.
Furthermore, the same Fair Trade Certified product can have different prices
in different retailers across the country. In the end, product manufacturers and retailers set their own prices and
TransFair does not control or influence retail pricing of Fair Trade
Certified products in any way. As Fair Trade expands to ever more companies
and retailers, consumers increasingly have more choice of where to buy their
Fair Trade Certified products. This increased competition will most likely
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