| Eco friendly choices in coffee and office break room | | | | Trade coffee must be certified by TransFair USA, an |
| supplies include: | | | | independent non-profit international agency that |
| Fair Trade Certified Coffee Fair Trade coffees help | | | | monitors and certifies Fair Trade products in the United |
| farming families by paying a guaranteed fair, above | | | | States. |
| market price for their harvest, thus providing them with | | | | Certified Organic Coffee Certified organic coffee is |
| a decent, living wage. This is accomplished by avoiding | | | | grown without synthetic pesticides or other prohibited |
| middlemen and dealing directly with farmers and their | | | | substances, according to U.S. standards for organic |
| cooperatives. Not all Fair Trade Certified coffee is | | | | production and certified by an agency accredited by |
| necessarily organic. However, Fair Trade Certified | | | | the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Organic coffee |
| does require strict environmental stewardship such as | | | | farming relies on sustainable crop rotation, and is mainly |
| prohibiting the use of genetically modified organisms | | | | shade grown, producing delicious, pure coffees. |
| (GMOs) and the most hazardous pesticides. All Fair | | | | |