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Do Irish consumers care about Fairtrade?

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    #32
    AARRRGH
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    Stereotype wrote: »
    I'm just wondering if anyone has any opinions on Fairtrade?

    Fairtrade is a scam. Newstalk did an investigation into it recently.

    Couple of things off the top of my head:

    It is a massive organisation with a lot of staff and a lovely HQ. Charities should not operate like a multi-national.
    Corruption in Africa means the farmers don't get the money they're supposed to get.
    Farmers give their worst coffee beans to Fairtrade due to the fact that they're guaranteed a set price. They keep their good beans for the non-Fairtrade organisations.

    There's more. Google for the documentary!


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    #33
    padraigggg
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    I don't go out of my way to buy FT products, but they do end up in my basket from time to time.


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    #34
    nwordjim
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    Fair Trade isn't working. It's "insufficiently aggressive" to support any real market. Fair Trade coffee represents 3% of the world trade as a whole. It's a well intentioned idea but it's doomed to result in failure. Unfortunately.

    Higher prices = people buying less = lower demand = growers go out of business.


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