http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee Comments & Reviews of http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/ on StumbleUpon en-us Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:17:16 -0700 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:01:35 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/images/logo_su_36x36.png Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:23:04 -0700 http://nikitakruschev.stumbleupon.com/review/23011712/ nikitakruschev - Free market.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee Thu, 22 May 2008 00:18:24 -0700 http://ksmeltz.stumbleupon.com/review/21596365/ ksmeltz - Transfair USA is an unwittingly harmful institution. It forces independent coffee growers into massive cooperatives rife with corruption, and charges fees to use their logo high enough to bankrupt local roasters. Instead of taking Transfair at their word do some research. Most quality micro-roasters are already paying significantly higher prices for higher quality beans grown on farms too small for Transfair to care about. Much better alternatives which still encourage free-market capitalism are organizations such as the Cup of Excellence which has fetched as much $130 US per pound for coffee grown on a family-owned farm in Panama. If you really want to do some good for coffee farmers across the globe, stop supporting companies like Volcafe and Nestle, and buy beans from small independent roasters. You'll be getting a better product and helping the industry as a whole.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:56:12 -0700 http://teajunkie.stumbleupon.com/review/19301536/ teajunkie -                               This is great coffee.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:32:07 -0700 http://harrystottle.stumbleupon.com/review/13610341/ harrystottle - we like fairtrade and we drink it...]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:50:15 -0700 http://mlowther11.stumbleupon.com/review/5356905/ mlowther11 - Fair trade coffe is a misnomer. The reason that coffee prices are so low on the free market is because there is a massive over production. Due to this over production farmers are unable to sell their coffee and the price falls. In a free market this would result in the farmers being forced to grow another crop or even use their land for subsistance farming. However, with the artifically inflated price of fair trade there is no incentive to change. Infact farmers are encouraged to grow more coffee, which just isn't needed, at the detriment to other locally benefically crops. As a result of this increased surplus big corporations win with cheapener "non-Fair Trade certified" coffee, and local economies are impoverishied by staying in the coffee business when they should not. If you want to help the exploited masses stop artifically supporting farmers in first world countries through protectionism and subsidies. Give third-world producers a chance with an even playing field. FREE TRADE not "Fair Trade"]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee Sat, 20 May 2006 03:19:19 -0700 http://kayell.stumbleupon.com/review/4217301/ kayell - From the page: "Fair Trade for coffee farmers means community development, health, education, and environmental stewardship."]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:34:14 -0800 http://conurejack.stumbleupon.com/review/3452244/ conurejack - Buy it!]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee Mon, 30 Jan 2006 05:17:16 -0800 http://nord1312.stumbleupon.com/review/3171806/ Nord1312 - Let the truth be known, and flourish throughout the land. Bravo Fair Trade!]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee Mon, 08 Aug 2005 20:49:09 -0700 http://drdabu.stumbleupon.com/review/1785765/ Drdabu - I always look for fair trade coffe. Every little bit helps.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee Fri, 13 May 2005 10:36:37 -0700 http://andyandies.stumbleupon.com/review/1240359/ andyandies - Very informative and interesting site. Didn't realise Starbucks in the US don't use Fairtrade for all their coffee? - I'm pretty sure they do here in the UK.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee