Wanna Know the Big Deal about Fair Trade Coffee?
30 August 2008 11:22 AM
By Kat Vaughan
Are you in the dark about why fair trade is the only ethical trading relationship? The Stanford Center for Social Innovation recently interviewed David Funkhouser, the Strategic Outreach Coordinator for TransFair USA, to discuss the history of fair trade, its impact upon coffee producing nations, and what Transfair, the only third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the US, does to promote and manage equitable trading relationships between producer cooperatives, exporters, purchasers, and consumers.
Listen to the interview or download the podcast here.
Are you in the dark about why fair trade is the only ethical trading relationship? The Stanford Center for Social Innovation recently interviewed David Funkhouser, the Strategic Outreach Coordinator for TransFair USA, to discuss the history of fair trade, its impact upon coffee producing nations, and what Transfair, the only third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the US, does to promote and manage equitable trading relationships between producer cooperatives, exporters, purchasers, and consumers.
Listen to the interview or download the podcast here.
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