I have a night class on Tuesdays that is infinitely more bearable when I have some coffee in me right before the class starts. I noted with pleasure that Bruegger's Bagels is now using only fair trade coffee at their stores now.
Traditionally, coffee beans are bought from farmers at a dirt-cheap price, and then undergo a formidable mark-up on their pilgrimage to Starbucks or Folgers. Fair trade beans gives the farmers more of that mark-up, and a share in one of the world's most profitable cash crops.
Some good news we all could share, regardless of our party affiliation at the moment!
Jerry
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