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Coffee growing in the Peruvian Andes
Photo by Joanne Sargent

THE COFFEE CRISIS

While we enjoy our cup of coffee, communities in coffee-producing countries around the world are suffering due to the lack of appropriate compensation for their harvest. As stated by Oxfam America, “Many developing nations depend on coffee as their chief export, and their entire economies are collapsing with the market. The repercussions of this crisis will last for decades, holding back efforts around the world to help developing countries move out of poverty.

Use your power as consumer to support Fair Trade as an alternative to the injustices of today’s global coffee market.


Coffee growing in the Peruvian Andes Photo by Joanne Sargent
	Fair Trade www.transfair.ca THE COFFEE CRISIS While we enjoy our cup of coffee, communities in coffee-producing countries around the world are suffering due to the lack of appropriate compensation for their harvest. As stated by Oxfam America, “Many developing nations depend on coffee as their chief export, and their entire economies are collapsing with the market. The repercussions of this crisis will last for decades, holding back efforts around the world to help developing countries move out of poverty. Use your power as consumer to support Fair Trade as an alternative to the injustices of today’s global coffee market.