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Article: The sweet spot: Latin America's poorest farmers find rich niches in the United States and Europe. (Exporting).
- Article from:
- Revista Latin Trade
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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What's in a package of roasted coffee beans or a chewy chocolate bar these days? Perhaps a bit more profit for struggling small farmers all over Latin America, thanks to increasingly savvy trade networks and an awakening interest among producers--often indigenous people--in organically grown and fair trade exports.
Fair trade associations in Europe and the United States guarantee higher minimum price than commodities markets to farmers in poor countries. Organic foods--many of which are also sold via fair trade arrangements--command a premium since consumers seem willing to pay more for food produced using no pesticides, hormones or fertilizers and on farms ...