5. They live with Poverty, Illiteracy, and a long legacy of economic colonialism.
6. The Consumer Activists have been putting pressure on big coffee retailers to buy directly from cooperative farmers and pay them a price that represents a living wage.
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9. Coffee is the largest single product in the Fair Trade Movement.
10. Equal Exchange is now the largest Fair Trade coffee importer in the US, purchasing 1.76 million pounds of green beans in 2001.