Fair Trade Coffee on Salt Spring Island,British Columbia
Fair Trade may be applied to most items for purchase such as cloths, jewelry, food, coffee beans. Purchase power means casting a vote for the farmer and workers who labour. The purpose of fair trade is to promote healthier working conditions and greater economic incentive for producers.
Shade Grown Coffee is cultivated under the canopy of the forest, preserving the natural habitat needed for migratory songbirds and other creatures.
Organic Coffee beans are grown without the use of artificial fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides. However, only about one sixth of the 2.4 billion pounds of coffee sold each year in the United States alone are grown organically.Coffee is the third most heavily sprayed crop in the world, after cotton and tobacco.
For more information about Fair Trade:
http://maketradefair.com/en/index.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_trade_coffee
