The International Coffee Day was created by the International Coffee Association to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness of the challenges faced by coffee growers. It aims to establish an annual event to bring attention to issues like ensuring fair prices for small coffee farmers. Fair trade coffee aims to develop ethical trade relationships that guarantee fair pricing to producers who would otherwise lack access to fair markets. It focuses on social justice more than coffee quality.
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Is fair trade coffee the same as healthy organic
coffee? How does fair trade coffee differ from
organic coffee and when are they the same
thing? The original motive behind fair trade
coffee was to develop coffee trade relationships
based on respect, transparency, and dialogue
between producers and sellers. The point is to
guarantee fair prices to small coffee growers
who would otherwise have no access to fair
pricing.
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At its heart fair trade coffee is an idea for
social betterment more so than a way to
make better coffee. There is a “Fairtrade”
coffee brand for which coffee packers pay a
fee, a “Fairtrade” logo and brand name.
Coffee carrying this name must come from
an associated cooperative. In general
cooperatives only sell part of their harvest
as fair trade coffee because of lack of
demand.
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If your organic coffee originated in Latin
America it is likely that it was subject to Bio
Latina organic coffee certification. Bio Latina
is located in Lima, Peru. The company
certifies farms, ranches, and forests for
sustainable practices on behalf of
organizations throughout the world.
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Bio Latina certifies in Bolivia, Peru,
Colombia, Nicaragua and Venezuela as well
as in Panamá, Honduras, Guatemala, El
Salvador Ecuador and Mexico. The label on
a bag of healthy organic coffee from Latin
America may say that it is USDA certified.
However, it may be Bio Latina organic
coffee certification on behalf of the USDA
that guarantees a pure cup of organic
coffee.
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The value of International Coffee Day is to
increase awareness of the situation and
encourage coffee drinkers to specify Fair
Trade when they purchase at the coffee
shop and look for fair trade when they visit
the coffee roaster.