Small family farmers grow over 50% of the world's coffee. The average $3 latte delivers less than 2 cents back to the farmer. A two-cup-per-day coffee drinker will, in a year's time, consume the annual crop of 18 coffee trees. 108 million people in the US drank coffee yesterday. Americans ... Continue reading
Java justice
May 24, 2003 By Leave a Comment
She touched my hand gently, as is the custom, and smiled brightly as she welcomed us into her home. I glanced down at her bare feet—they were calloused, rough, wide, toes splayed, out of proportion with her slight frame. She had the feet of a woman who had spent her life hauling heavy loads over ... Continue reading
