Fair trade rant
Mar. 1st, 2006 04:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckykaaThe BBC's have your say asks "Would you buy fair trade clothing?"
Why is it that every time this sort of topic comes up, someone (In this case one Lee Morrison ) mentions they tried Fair Trade coffee once and didn't like it?
"FairTrade" is not a coffee company. They don't produce things. It's an foundation that ensures certain criteria are met. One company that produces fair trade coffe will buy them from a totally different place, have different quality standards, and use different techniques to produce it.
Would the same people decide to avoid non fair trade coffee if they tried some and didn't like it?
Why is it that every time this sort of topic comes up, someone (In this case one Lee Morrison ) mentions they tried Fair Trade coffee once and didn't like it?
"FairTrade" is not a coffee company. They don't produce things. It's an foundation that ensures certain criteria are met. One company that produces fair trade coffe will buy them from a totally different place, have different quality standards, and use different techniques to produce it.
Would the same people decide to avoid non fair trade coffee if they tried some and didn't like it?
