Corporate greed at its worst. Do I need to say more?
Okay, I will – the big four are Sara Lee, Kraft, Proctor and Gamble, and the worst offender, Nestle. Boycott their products where you can, and send them the message that they need to stop fostering the current Coffee Crisis. I mean send it literally. Read this article for more background, and the addresses of companies you can contact to get them to change their corporate practices. The Coffee Crisis: Farmers aren’t paid a living wage for their products. Vietnam is flooding the world coffee market, driving the prices to historic lows. Corporations get fat profits (see Big Four above) while proclaiming their goody two shoes work of donating paltry amounts to “the cause” (one example is Nestle making a huge deal about spending $6mil on social issues in coffee producing regions – they make that six mil in profits every half day). Farmers are dying. Educate yourself on things you can do. Brasil: People have been heaping blame on Vietnam for flooding the market for the last few years, but B
