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Are all Common
Good Foods fair trade certified? |
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No. We are a proud
member and strongly support TransFair USA and
approximately 50% of our products are fair trade
certified. The process of obtaining fair trade
certification is complex and expensive and beyond
the reach of many remote, rural farmers and
organizations. For example, in Nepal – an extremely
poor country with 8,000 coffee farmers each managing
tiny farms in an region with few roads and limited
infrastructure, the prospect of organizing and
funding the certification process is seemingly
insurmountable for them. It is our ambition, though
profits from Common Good Foods sales, to help them
become certified and undertaking what is likely to
take a considerable amount of time and effort. In
the meantime, the non-certified growers we purchase
from are, to the best of our knowledge, operating in
a responsible manner and supporting the well-being
of their farmers and communities. |
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To say 100% of
one’s products are fair trade certified is admirable
and we applaud everyone who does so. Our choice as a
company is to forego being able to make that claim
in an effort to support and pioneer growers who do
not currently possess the resources and wherewithal
to obtain certification, in their efforts to do so.
Ultimately, we hope, even in a small way, to be able
to contribute to the certification of as many grower
organizations worldwide as possible. |
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Are all Common
Good Foods certified organic? |
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No. We strongly
support organic farming and processing and
approximately 50% of our products are made using
USDA organic certified coffee and ingredients. Most
of our coffee suppliers grow and processes their
process their coffee without the use of any artificial
chemicals, pesticides and herbicides. In many cases
in remote coffee-producing regions, chemicals are
simply not available or are prohibitively expensive.
More significantly, though, is the desire of many of
these farmers, including our growers, choose to
produce their coffee without them, instead using
proven non-chemical methods passed on from
generation to generation. |
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Whatever the case,
it is essential that these growers are able to offer
globally recognized organic certification for all
their products. The certification process is very
complex and expensive so consequently, out of reach
for the poorest farmers. For this reason, larger
growers with greater resources are able to offer
organic certified products, gaining a significant
advantage over those who are simply unable to afford
the process. It is our ambition, through sales and
profits of Common Good Foods, to help these farmers
undergo the steps necessary to become organic
certified and thus better able to complete in the
global market with their outstanding coffee and
other food products. |
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What Coffees are Used in Your Blends |
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We use only 100%
certified Organic and Fair Trade coffees to blend
with our (non-certified) Nepalese and Yemenese
beans. In all of our other coffees, the beans are
sole origin (not blended) and are Organic and Fair
Trade certified. |
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