Fair Trade USA Recognizes Partners' Expanded Commitments to Fair Trade Coffee During Price and Demand Crisis

Sep 29, 2020 1:30 PM ET

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Photo Courtesy of Fair Trade USA: MUSENGIMANA LAURENCE, RWANDA Musengimana joined a fair trade cooperative in 2006, and since then has been able to buy clothes instead of having to make her own. She has also been able to invest in fertilizing her coffee trees to increase the quality of her coffee. She hopes to use her coffee income in the future to build a permanent home for her family and to invest in expanding her sewing business. Photo by Bennett Wetch

Photo Courtesy of Fair Trade USA: STANISLAS HABYARABATUMWE, RUSHASHI, RWANDA "One of the challenges we are battling is climate change, which can negatively affect the harvest. But we conduct regular trainings in order to prepare ourselves for the effects of climate change." Photo by Jacques Nkinzingabo

Fair Trade USA… announces its #JustOneCup campaign to aid coffee farmers amid an unprecedented coffee crisis as the pandemic continues.

Fair trade is needed as a social safety net now more than ever. It is the only mainstream model that guarantees a minimum price for producers and delivers additional funds per pound of coffee for producers to use at their discretion.

Fair Trade USA commends the significant strides of the following partners in fulfilling or scaling up their commitments to fair trade, sustainability, and traceable sourcing in collaboration with the ongoing Sustainable Coffee Challenge.

Albertsons Companies: 100% of Albertsons Companies' O Organics® coffee is now certified by Fair Trade USA. O Organics Fair Trade Certified coffee has generated millions of dollars in Community Development Funds since the program started.

Read the full release here.

Watch this video to learn more about Albertsons Companies’ O Organics coffee becoming 100% Fair Trade Certified.

Fair Trade USA Recognizes Partners' Expanded Commitments to Fair Trade Coffee During Price and Demand Crisis

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