Are Fair Trade Certified products also certified organic?
Fair Trade standards require sustainable farming techniques and offer price premiums for organic production, but Fair Trade certification does not guarantee that a product was organically grown. However, Fair Trade farmers are more likely to use sustainable, traditional growing methods rather than apply (expensive) agrochemicals, and producer groups frequently use Fair Trade revenues to train members in environmentally sustainable farming practices and to finance the cost of organic certification. Fair Trade and organic certification often go hand in hand. Currently over 60%of Fair Trade Certified coffee in the U.S. is also certified organic.
