Speakers say fair-trade coffee has a better flavor

By Bennett Grossman
Staff Writer-The Oracle

Fair trade is empowering organic coffee farmers all over the world and helping them attain job security, according to Kimberly Easson, director of strategic relationships at TransFair USA.

"You see farmers coming together, and by having access to fair trade, they are actually building strength with each other and they are able to not necessarily feel like victims of circumstance but feel like they are entrepreneurs," she said.

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