"Fair Trade" Certification involves a very lengthy process and a lot of money given to a 3rd party (not the farmer or the purchaser) to earn the status of certified. So with the exception of Cafe Estima Blend, Starbucks coffee is not all fair trade certified....however it does meet all the requirements for certification. Starbucks gives the monetary support back to the farmers instead of giving it to a third party. The same facts apply to Starbucks organic coffee...there is one organic blend. the rest meet the requirements, until it is ground, but money is not wasted on the certification.
The cost of making a single cup of coffee is under a penny, however there's overhead such as rent and wages to take into consideration. None of that really matters though because "fair" does not play a part in the equasion. The answer is age old and simple... Everything is worth what the purchaser will pay for it.
Starbucks is not entirely fair trade. Some of their products are. Overall Starbucks tries to use coffee from responsible sources, whether or not they can be labeled fair trade.
most of the coffee's are but some times there not.
Usually from foreign countries which are fair trade farms
Very few. Starbucks sells fair trade coffee beans for you to take home and use.
Starbucks does get a lot of it's coffee beans from fair trade sources. To be fair trade certified though, I belive the percentage of fair trade products needs to be higher than Starbucks currently achieves .
fair trade is when peaple makes kids work like animal.(dont know the rest!)
Well, first of all, Starbucks sells coffee, pastries, bagels etc.. They have been trying to go green for a while now, with recycled paper cups. Recently, Starbucks decided to use Fair Trade Coffee.Fair Trade Coffee is coffee that is produced by farmers who don't use pesticides, they grow their coffee naturally. They also usually don't make that much money, don't sell any of their products to big super markets like: Associated, Gourmet Garage etc.. Then Fair Trade buys their products and sells them to companies just like Starbucks. But, the good thing about Fair Trade Coffee is that when Fair Trade buys the coffee from the farmers, they are paying them more per pound. Get it?If that helped at all, please give me some points.Thanks, D Lilah
Well, first of all, Starbucks sells coffee, pastries, bagels etc.. They have been trying to go green for a while now, with recycled paper cups. Recently, Starbucks decided to use Fair Trade Coffee.Fair Trade Coffee is coffee that is produced by farmers who don't use pesticides, they grow their coffee naturally. They also usually don't make that much money, don't sell any of their products to big super markets like: Associated, Gourmet Garage etc.. Then Fair Trade buys their products and sells them to companies just like Starbucks. But, the good thing about Fair Trade Coffee is that when Fair Trade buys the coffee from the farmers, they are paying them more per pound. Get it?If that helped at all, please give me some points.Thanks, D Lilah
fair trade clothing is buying clothing directly from producers in developing countries at a fair price, currently fair trade charities try to make sure they get the best price for their hard constant work.
Fair trade ensures the workers who make/find the products have enough money to work in humane conditions and get paid the right amount of money for the work they do and the hours they work.
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there are 15.000 people working for far-trade chocolate