You're Not The Boss Of Me

Coffee makes a wonderful holiday gift for someone on your list. Who doesn't enjoy a great cup of coffee and giving a bag of gourmet coffee is a nice, personal gift for someone. You probably never give a second thought to where that coffee comes from, who grew it, harvested it and sold it to make money to support a family. Most coffee growers live in third world countries and make very little money for their hard word. They may be offered a $1 per pound, but may only come away with 50 cents when a middleman steps in to handle the sale. Not so with fair trade coffee. Grown by farmers in the same regions as other coffee growers, these farmers are guaranteed a certain price for their coffee (around $1.25 per pound)with no middleman, meaning that they get the exact price offered them. So where can you buy fair trade coffee? Well, Starbucks for one, is a seller of fair trade coffee. They don't advertise it though, so when you go in and ask for coffee, ask, which ones are fair trade and buy them. You'll not only get some great coffee, but you'll also be giving back to the world and that's good karma. We all need a little more of that. Let these coffee growers be their own bosses and earn their fair trade market value for the coffee they grow. For more information, you can go to Fair Trade Coffee .