Fair Trade USA's Coffee Policy Comes Under Fire
Critics say the new certification process adopted by the Oakland-based organization will undermine the international fair-trade industry.
By Corey Hill @NewsCHill
Fair Trade USA is the largest fair-trade certification agency in the United States. The decisions made at the organization's offices on Broadway in Oakland ripple throughout the national fair trade movement, and beyond to hundreds of thousands of farmers around the world…
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