Coffee is one of the most popular beverages in the world, but unfortunately much commercial coffee is grown using unethical labor practices. If you want to continue to enjoy your coffee without contributing to unjust systems, then we at SociaBull Coffee Company encourage you to switch to fair trade coffee. Our team works with fair trade growers to bring you the best quality beans.
In this article, we will provide an overview of what fair trade coffee is and how it works.
- Fair Wages – One of the core principles of fair trade coffee production is paying the workers who grow, harvest, and process the beans fair wages for their labor. Many coffee farms are exploitative in nature, paying their workers far below minimum wage for their efforts, but fair trade producers provide better wages.
- Certification – We also want you to know how our fair trade coffee gains that certified status. The two major fair trade organizations in the United States are Fair Trade International and Fair Trade USA. These organizations work with coffee growers to ensure they are following ethical labor practices—they inspect facilities and interview workers to verify that worker safety is taken seriously, among other things.
- Sustainability – In addition, fair trade coffee is grown using more environmentally friendly and sustainable practices than those used by conventional producers. Coffee production can take a heavy toll on the local environment, so fair trade organizations work to promote producers who use sustainable practices to keep the environmental impact to a minimum.