This coffee offers solid flavor with intense bittersweet chocolate tones. USDA Organic. Certified by Midwest Organic Services Association. The socially responsible coffee. Always organic. Great coffee that is making a difference! Cafe Fair is: Fairly traded. Fairly traded is a practice which gives smaller farmers in coffee producing areas access to buyers worldwide. Farmers are guaranteed a fair minimum price for their coffee, regardless of the world market price. By providing farmers a means to bypass exploitative middlemen, they are able to cover their costs, receive a living wage, and make investments in their worker communities and education. Cafe Fair is: Shade grown. Shade grown coffee is only harvested from trees planted under the canopy of existing forests. Due to the deforestation of Latin America and the Caribbean, both native and migratory birds are increasingly dependent upon these coffee farms for food and shelter. Buying shade grown coffee not only helps protect these wildlife habitats, it also discourages the clearing of forests for development of new coffee farms. Cafe Fair is: Always organic. Organic coffee farmers view the entire farm as one ecosystem. With an emphasis on one healthy biosphere, farmers focus on recycling, composting, and soil health, strictly avoiding the use of synthetic herbicides and dangerous pesticides. Cafe Fair Mission Statement: Cafe Fair was founded to help improve the working and living conditions of our organic grower partners in third world countries and their families. By providing a link for them with socially conscious consumers in the United States, Cafe Fair is making a difference. We only partner with reputable organizations such as Transfair USA and Rainforest Alliance. They help us accomplish our mission and provide assurance that we are meeting our commitment as The Socially Responsible Coffee that you want in your cup. Only through providing fair livable wages, conscientious agricultural practices, and your commitment, will truly sustainable agriculture flourish. Cafe Fair is proud to play its part. Partners: Organizations that Cafe Fair may also be partnered with include the following: Fair Trade Certified. Rainforest Alliance Certified. cafefair.com. Fairly traded. Shade grown. Certified Rainforest Alliance, Organic and bird friendly. Fair Trade Certified. Certified Rainforest Alliance.