When you go out for coffee or are shopping around, look to see if what you’re buying is fair trade. Fair trade makes sure that the small guys harvesting and doing the brunt of the work for your product are getting a fair price for their labor.
Some examples: coffee, cocoa, bananas, sugar, wine, handicrafts, and flowers.
Some links:
http://www.fairtradefederation.org/
http://www.transfairusa.org/
Also, Starbucks just became the world’s largest buyer of fair trade certified coffee! For once, the man is doing something good!
