Fair Trade IssuesDetails about our efforts for Fair Trade around the world. Supporting Global Youth NetworkTHE GLOBAL GRIND is Global Youth Network's own brand of Fair Trade Coffee. It comes in one pound bags, as regular or decaf, whole beans or ground. To order please call or email our office at 416.619.4765, globalyouthnet@yahoo.ca. When you buy fair trade coffee from THE GLOBAL GRIND, you are supporting small farmers who work hard to grow the best coffee in the world without harming the environment. Our coffee is very high quality specialty grade, similar to what you might buy at an upscale coffee shop like Starbucks or Second Cup, and similarly priced. READ MORE >>>Fair Trade as a fundraiserIf you are travelling with Global Youth Network and need help to raise the cost of your trip, we offer 8 oz bags of excellent, Transfair Canada certified coffee. The coffee is a blend of beans grown in four different continents and comes to us roasted from Quebec. These bags of already ground coffee can be used as a fundraiser and as a way of educating your supporters about the issues of un-fairly traded goods. For more information, contact us at globalyouthnet@yahoo.ca READ MORE >>>What are we doing?We support and promote fair trade products by educating the public about fair trade, developing fair trade economic ventures and selling fair trade products from our Canadian office in Kitchener. We are currently developing a partnership with Mizoram, North East India for a fair trade coffee exchange. READ MORE >>>Fair Trade Issues: CoffeeDid You Know?For every $4 bag of coffee you buy in the grocery store, the farmer who grew it gets only 25 cents. For every $1 cup of coffee you buy at Tim Hortons the farmer who grew it gets only 1 penny -- the rest of the profit goes to an endless string of middlemen or big companies like Kraft, Nestlé and Procter & Gamble. ‘Modern’ farming techniques encouraged and used by the large conventional coffee companies are causing major deforestation, agrochemical pollution, soil erosion, and killing off birds and other wildlife in Latin America. The Globe And Mail (September 18, READ MORE >>> |