What Is Fair Trade Coffee?

Fair Trade certification focuses on labor and
trade standards to provide small-farmer
co-operatives a guaranteed price above the
conventional market. Not all Fair Trade
Certifiedä coffee is necessarily organic.

However, Fair Trade CertifiedTM does require
strict environmental stewardship such as
prohibiting the use of genetically modified
organisms (GMOs) and the most hazardous
pesticides.

Seventy-eight percent of all Fair Trade Certified
TM coffee sold in the United States is certified
organic. In the United States, transactions must
be audited by TransFair USA to use a Fair Trade
CertifiedTM label. Certified organic producers of
Fair Trade coffee receive at least $1.55/lb (as of
June 1, 2008).

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