Fair trade coffee at Starbucks on Mon. 5/20!!

[Guest guest]

I know a lot of you are fully aware of the current (and necessary) push to

encourage fair trade and shade grown coffee. You also probably know that most

large coffee/espresso chains are reluctant to pay higher prices for coffee.

Recently there has been a lot of pressure on Starbucks to brew fair trade

coffee, so after much discussion, they agreed to a trial day of fair trade

coffee.

 

How this affects you: On May 20th (all day), Starbucks will be serving all fair

trade, shade grown coffee to see how the public responds. So, by buying coffee

on May 20th, you can feel good not only because you're drinking better coffee,

but you're supporting a movement for better wages and less environmental

depletion and really, why shouldn't you support this kind of movement?! It would

also be helpful to let the employees know that you think it's great that they're

serving fair trade coffee! Imagine the impact it would have if a coffee giant

like Starbucks switched to fair trade.

 

Please be sure to tell them that you don't normally go to Starbucks, because you

want fair trade coffee that is good for the songbirds, but that you would love

to come back, if the corporation agrees to have fair trade, shade grown, coffee

all the time.

 

 

 

 

 

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