Top Ten Reasons to Join

 " Demand for fair trade products must increase dramatically in order to augment the economic benefits for such small farmer families and allow the system to include many more producers of coffee and other commodities around the world."    Daniel Jaffee, Author

 “Fair Trade has definitely helped our community—it has helped us improve our school and water supplies. It has also made a big difference in the price we get for our coffee with the guaranteed payment. We simply want you to buy our coffee at a fair price so we can be independent.”   Workineh Heldaja, OCFCU member

  The Top Ten Reasons to participate in  the Fair Trade Coffee Campaign

   Five key benefits for you

  1. Freshness counts: You will start each day enjoying the sweet aroma and robust flavor of freshly roasted coffee. Coffee gets stale just like bread, we ship within 24 hours of roasting, you get coffee at peak freshness.

 2. Always organic: You don't have to worry about what is in your cup. 100% of our coffee is certified organic and was grown without using harmful chemicals and pesticides. Safe for you, safe for the farmers.

  3. Home delivered: Our home delivery system is the most direct way to get fresh coffee from the grower to you and more of the proceeds go to the farmers, not middle men.

 4. Save Money: Each pound of our coffee makes between 40 and 50 cups of fresh coffee. (about 25 cents per cup).  Freshly roasted coffee is more flavorful and potent, when you buy fresh, you use less.

 5. Start each day doing something good:  It is satisfying to know that your day is starting off on the right foot, enjoying coffee you know has been produced fairly and equitably.

    Five key benefits for producers and the planet 

 1. Fair and stable prices:  Increasing farmer incomes is one of our main objectives. Your participation in the campaign allows farmers earn a fair and sustainable income. 

 2. Economic Development:  A committee is set up in each community to administer a Fair Trade Premium Fund. This fund is then invested in building schools, clinics, community centers, funding scholarships, paying medical bills and providing low-interest loans. 

  3. Environmental protection: Environmental protection and sustainability is part of every producer organisations’ management policy. They have to comply with national and international laws of protection - that includes water, virgin forests and other ecosystems as well as waste management and the use of hazardous chemicals.

4. Stronger Position in World Market: Technical information and market knowledge help farmers access and get better prices in the conventional market. But also, because Fair Trade has created a specialist sector for their products, it means far easier access to mainstream markets in developed countries.

5. Closer links between producers and consumers: The Fair Trade movement empowers consumers who are concerned about the reality of the products they buy every day. As consumers, Fair Trade accreditation gives us the peace of mind of knowing that the producers got a fair deal.  The Fair Trade Coffee Campaign is helping producers and consumers trade as closely as possible, according to a set of shared standards. 

 Be Part of the Solution, Join the Fair Trade Coffee Campaign Today