－fair trade standards－
Most of the coffee producers are individual farmers from around the world. Unaware of market distribution, farmers cannot escape this situation and have to keep producing and selling the products to the middlemen for a lower than market price. They are economically struggling and for example cannot send their children to school. Instead they have to help on the coffee farms. Thus when they grow up, they cannot get well-paid job. That’s way this bad circle is completed. Moreover, fair trade coffee covers the general fair trade standards set by the FLO (fair trade International). In case the market price is lower than the fair trade minimum, the buyer must pay the higher price.
In most of the fair trade coffee production, no chemical fertilizers are used instead they are replaced by organic fertilizers. fair trade coffee helps the producers is friendly to the environment and furthermore is delicious for the consumers.
Most of the farmers worldwide are living in developing countries. There is an imbalance between developing countries and industrialized nations so that producers in developing countries cannot even cover their costs of production. In addition, cotton is a natural material. But the aggressive use of agrochemicals and pesticides lead to environmental problems and health damages of the producers. fair trade organic cotton is cultivated with traditional organic agricultural methods. They use only cow dung as fertilizers and pesticides as insect repellents, without using agrochemicals and chemical fertilizers.
fair trade organic cotton is comfortable to wear and also friendly to the environment.
They assure that the workers are paid fair wages. Around the world, 70 percent of cocoa is grown and harvested in Central Africa. The production of cacao is very labor-intensive. The owners hire children who receive low wages because the cocoa market has greatly fluctuating prices. There are cases where children have to work to send money home to their family. Other children are kidnapped, sold as slaves, and forced to work. The problem of child labor is a serious problem, especially south of the Sahara in Africa.
fair trade chocolate which is kneaded with pure materials without adding emulsifiers is very sensitive to temperature. That’s because cocoa butter melts around 30 degrees. fair trade chocolate only uses natural cocoa butter. Therefore it’s only sold in autumn and winter.
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