http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2007/04/fair-trade-pros-cons/ Rants and Raves on Espresso Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:28:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2007/04/fair-trade-pros-cons/#comment-2200 jeremy Sun, 08 Apr 2007 02:08:44 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=411#comment-2200 Hey, that's my hometown. Yay Santa Barbara! I knew you were relavent . . . Hey, that’s my hometown. Yay Santa Barbara! I knew you were relavent . . .

]]> http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2007/04/fair-trade-pros-cons/#comment-2172 sherman Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:50:35 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=411#comment-2172 Fair-trade can also create false incentives (guaranteed floor price) for farmers to switch to coffee growing instead of less profitable crops that would directly feed or otherwise be more beneficial to the local area. Fair-trade can also create false incentives (guaranteed floor price) for farmers to switch to coffee growing instead of less profitable crops that would directly feed or otherwise be more beneficial to the local area.

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