Fair Trade Principle: Fair Price to the Farmers

Kenyan Highland Cooperative, a Fair Trade Certified coffee co-op and one of Green Mountain Coffee’s producers, practices fair trade principles, like giving a fair wage to its farmers.

Day 2 in Kenya – waking up to Zebras, Hippos and Fair Trade Roses

Rick Peyser, Director of Social Advocacy and Coffee Community Outreach (we like long titles here at Green Mountain Coffee) is currently in Kenya. As posted in yesterday’s on the road blog post, Rick is in Kenya for the Fair Trade Labeling Organization’s (FLO) Board of Directors Meeting.
His update for today:
“This morning I woke up early to join other [...]

Fair Trade in Kenya

Rick Peyser, Director of Social Advocacy and Coffee Community Outreach is on the Board of Directors for the Fair Trade Labeling Organization (FLO). FLO is the organization that coordinates Fair Trade labeling on an international level. They set international Fair Trade standards, organize support for producers around the world, develop global Fair Trade strategy, and [...]