Channel 4 documentary exposes bad practice on 'fair trade' certified farms in India, prompting concerns about the scheme [Guardian]
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Re: the Guardian report
This kind of thing makes those of us who voluntarily give up time and effort to sell fairtrade products pretty sick. If only a fraction of the extra 50p I pay on a jar of fairtrade coffee reaches the farmer, and what does reach him makes precious little difference, then you have to ask what the flippin point is of doing it. It starts to become more efficient to go there and give the farmer the 50p yourself.
I think the time has come to start asking this question: where has this product come from, how much extra has actually reached the farmer and why is it so bloody expensive?