Francesco's Coffee Co. supports the Fair Trade movement by roasting and distributing Fair Trade Coffee. Half of our gourmet Coffee is now Fair Trade coffee. If you are a church or charitable organization, contact us to find out how you can benefit a local charity by reselling Francesco's Gourmet Coffee.

Fair Trade Coffee Facts

• Fair trade was started in Holland in 1987.
• Fair Trade labels now license commercial sales of 24 million pounds of coffee beans per a year, selling in over 35,000 retail outlets and over 130 brand names.
• Canadian and American companies now use the Fair Trade logo on their product's packaging as to assure consumers they have purchased coffee under fair trade conditions. The companies pay a license fee to a licensing organization and agree to independent monitoring.

The TRANSFAIR CANADA Fair Trade Certified Logo guarantees consumers that their coffee, tea, cocoa and sugar originates from FLO monitored producers in Latin America, Africa and Asia

Fair Trade criteria includes:

• pay a set minimum price that covers the costs of production
• advance payments or extend credit to producers to help avoid debt while financing the next year's production
• agree to longer term trading relationships that provide producers with added security to plan for the future and promote sustainable production practices