Fairtrade

Fairtrade products improve...

• working and living conditions of people in other countries

• the weather forecast during crucial growing seasons

• the margins of profit for large corporations

• political relations between 3rd world countries

According to the video, there are just over ______ million coffee farmers around the world

• 40

• 30

• 20

• 10

Fairtrade farmers are members of a community of farmers that are organized democratically and called

• "nonprofits"

• "corporations"

• "tribes"

• "cooperatives"

What is the fairtrade "minimum price"?

• set minimum payment that cooperative farmers will receive for their products

• the least amount of money individual farmers are willing to accept for crops

• minimum amount of money retailers will sell commercial products for

• the lease number of units farmers must promise to retailers

What is a fairtrade "premium"?

• the highest quality products that meet all industry standards

• the greatest financial growth available for crop yeilds each year

• an account of shared money used to strengthen the farmers' communities

• a financial kick back from corporations if farmers products sell well

Some key aspects of fairtrade are

• avoiding exploitation of children and protection of the environment

• use of genetically modified organisms and abundant use of water

• making poor people rich and offering stock options to farmers

• increasing global warming and increase environmental footprints

What are fairtrade standards?

• ensuring that schools and hospitals are built in farmers' communities

• mandatory requirements for producers and buyers

• product quality check lists for all agricultural partners

• moral and ethical guidelines that are ideal for communities

Fairtrade producers (farmers) have how much of the say in all key decisions made?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

The most well known fairtrade product is

• chocolate

• wine

• fabrics

• coffee

How many countries participate in Fairtrade?

• over 125

• 66

• almost 200

• all countries