Fair trade coffee sales grow in the US

The last two years have seen a significant increase in businesses using fair trade coffee, but Philippa Nuttall asks whether the US is really serious about ethical food ingredients.

The $100 million fair trade coffee market is the fastest-growing sector of the coffee industry, according to trade reports, and TransFair USA estimates that 30 million pounds of fair trade coffee will be imported into the US this year, nearly double the 18.7 million pounds that entered the country in 2003.

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