What is the first thing you do or think about when you hear "Fair Trade Coffee?". Obviously, nothing related to the image above. How does the phrase "Fair Trade" influence your decision to buy or not to buy coffee? In a Guardian article, it reported that, "Last year, 60% of consumers surveyed across 24 industrialised countries said they believed their shopping habits … [Read more...]
Is Fair Trade USA actually resisting globalization?
Oxford Dictionary online defines globalization as a way to “develop or be developed so as to make possible international influence or operation.” While they are resisting corporations, they are not resisting development through international trading. The local farmers are selling their product to an organization that sells their product in the global market. … [Read more...]
Impact of Fair Trade Coffee in Developing Nations
Fair Trade was created with the aim of better trading conditions and promotion of sustainability as it main objectives. Organizations and companies who work under the agreement of Fair Trade, ensure to have gender equality, stop child layout and promote safe and healthy working environment for the producers, which in our case are the developing countries. To a great degree most … [Read more...]
Colombian Resistance of Globalization
Colombia’s involvement in world trade began when most other “third-world” nations’ did, after the Second World War (Antrosio 2002: 1111). This may seem a bit counter-intuitive: how could this country have been in participation in such a lucrative global economy for the past 67 years when the rate of poverty is 37%? The answer is as long as it is complicated, however, one word … [Read more...]
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Fair Trade Certified coffee was officially introduced into the international market in 1999. The organization, Fair Trade USA, purchases coffee and other goods from small, impoverished communities and sells them in Western markets; enabling farming communities to compete in a competitive market while not being taken advantage of by corporations. Beyond exposing small farmers to … [Read more...]
