If you care about where your coffee comes from and have a Nespresso machine, you're probably wondering if the company's pods ...

Start small by buying coffee with a fair trade label, which is typically located at one of the bottom corners on the bag’s front. Or, if you’re a specialty coffee drinker and are ready to nerd ...

Representatives of local nonprofit organizations share in $48,880 that was distributed by the Fair Trade Coffee Committee on ...

Fair Trade USA, the country's largest fair trade certifier, recently decided to allow some coffee grown on big farms to earn the label. One reason, the group says, is to help the poor farmers that ...

The history of the fair trade coffee movement can be traced back to the 80s, when a glut of coffee beans on the global market caused the price to tumble.

(Fair Trade strictly prohibits forced child labor, which is a common practice among coffee farmers.) Secondly, Fair Trade aims to promote environmental sustainability.

Fair Trade Coffee is on sale at Starbucks October 24, 2001 in New York City. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)--Shares. Facebook. Twitter. Reddit. Email.