The Fair Trade Certified coffee movement exists today to ensure that the small size coffee producers, who make up the majority of the world's coffee production, receive a fair price for their coffee. Mass producers of coffee are able to grow their products at a cheaper expense, often with lower quality, and as a result, they can sell their coffee for a cheaper price. The problem with this is that the smaller producers must lower …showed first 75 words of 908 total…

…showed last 75 words of 908 total…even have to go out of their way to make the switch to Fair Trade. As a result of my discussion, I convinced my family to purchase Fair Trade from now on. Coffee is the first product available in the United States to be Fair Trade Certified. An agency now monitors the labor conditions and production of this commodity. If the coffee movement catches on...it could spread to the industries of all imported goods.