Buy Fair Trade Coffee And Support Women's Rights

by Dorothee Royal-Hedinger · 2009-08-28 08:00:00 UTC
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I think it's great when innovative people get together to deliver a consumer product while helping a cause like women's rights at the same time.

The Chicory Center’s Resistance Coffee Project, which is based in Chicago, roasts beans grown by the women of La FEM cooperative in Nicaragua. If you’ve had this coffee, you know its quality, and supporting La FEM also means supporting Nicaraguan women’s ability to acquire and own land and thus take fuller control over their fates.

According to a profile written by Just Coffee (their main U.S. fair trade distributor),

La FEM is not simply a coffee growing cooperative. Founded in 1996, they organized to work on issues of domestic violence against women, women's health, education, and job training. When we met them we were immediately impressed with their level of organization and their dedication to women's rights as a political and social imperative.

I'm excited by the entrepreneurial spirit in women around the globe and I think it's important that we support projects that empower women to benefit from fair trade. You can purchase La FEM Co-Op grown beans at Just Coffee or if you're in the Chicago area, get fresh Resistance Coffee delivered to your door.

Do you have a favorite consumer product or brand that helps to empower or support women? Share your thoughts in the comments section.

Dorothee Royal-Hedinger
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