BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | Fair trade coffee campaign for city

BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | Fair trade coffee campaign for city ()

  „"Four large coffee companies buy nearly half the world's crop and make huge profits but we calculate only around 5% of the retail price reaches the farmer. "Coffee now costs more to grow and pick than it does to sell." The fair trade movement says it tries to ensure the farmers are guaranteed a price which provides them with a living income.“

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