Fair Trade

[TraffordReds9]

@warminster100 Do you really believe only Communists believe in equality and fairness, or are you being sarcastic?

[bexbex12345]

we are doing things like this at school to today anyno no anything

post for me thaqnks

[bexbex12345]

we are doing things like this at school to today anyno no anything

[birdhunter67]

Fair trade seems like welfare, social justice does not set people free it makes them indebted to the one over paying.

[khi590]

@birdhunter67 Seems you did not watch the vdeo - its no welfare, no charity, fair trade products are hard worked for - And sold in ordinary shops competing with all other products, so everyone can choose whether to buy this or that product...I love the quality of the fruit juices, however, some other products are not in topline of my favories, so I do not buy them, so what...its fair that those who produce get enough of it....its like books: authors get so small part of the whole..unfair

[VariadosTV]

@birdhunter67 It looks like your brain went missing while the video was playing.

[birdhunter67]

@VariadosTV I work hard everyday, why don't you pay me more then I'm worth or the job pays, and then lets see how long your brain thinks its a good idea.

[warminster100]

I have been interested in fair trade coffee. I was told some years ago that to provide "fair" wages for workers and plantation owners, they needed about $.15 a pound more. Not a problem.

But can someone explain to me why fair trade coffee is selling for $8 - $10 a lb, while "normal" coffee is selling for $5 a lb?

It looks to me that someone, other than the poor coffee worker is making out like a bandit.

[cem1510]

@warminster100 the "normal" coffee is cheaper because the coffee workers work under bad conditions and get a VERY low wage.

but the coffee workers of fair trade get enough wage so they can live with this money,so the price of fair trade is higher because it includes the fair costs of the workers!

hope i could explain it well :))

[warminster100]

@cem1510

I have someone in Costa Rica checking out how much it would cost to ship a bag of beans directly from the grower to me. They are also checking on what the grower would need to be able to pay his employees a "living wage". Will get back to you when I have that info.

[fancyncv110]

@warminster100 do u like fair trade?

[TraffordReds9]

@warminster100 Have you ever asked yourself why something produced on the other side of the world (esp in poor countries) is cheap in the first place? It's mainly because the producers are being paid a pittance for their produce by large companies - inc. brand names you'd probably recognise - which often leads to them using slave and/or child labour. By contrast, Western farmers are subsidised. We always were paying too little for our coffee, sugar, chocolate, cotton etc.

[Hererinc]

Carlos

That would be great. I appreciate you taking the time to ask- and good luck with your project. Hopefully you can spread the word about fair trade. Cheers.

[CarlosAlbertoTejada]

im doing a project on fair trade and i want to use ur video as a source. If it is okay with you then may i have the citation for the video?

[deedee1067]

Fairness and equal rights for all !

[warminster100]

@deedee1067 that's what the communists keep saying!

[ghettocumquats]

@warminster100 maybe they're right