[1]It’s the second most-traded commodity in the world after oil but how much do you think about your cup of coffee? From coffee farmers in Colombia to the trash produced by your single-cup coffee machine, Making Contact and Green Grid Radio team up to count the costs of your morning cup o’joe.

Featuring:

Jairo Martinez, Mariana Cruz, Suzana Angarita, coffee farmers; Jeff Goldman, former executive director Fairtrade Resource Network, Jeff Chean, Principal and Chief Coffee Guy Groundworks Roasters;  John Hazen, single-cup coffee machine owner; Rebecca Jewell, recycling program manager for Davis Street Transfer Station

Host: George Lavender and Mallory Smith

Producers: Andrew Stelzer, Laura Flynn, George Lavender, Jasmin Lopez

Contributing Producers: Jennifer Dunn, Mallory Smith,

Executive Director: Lisa Rudman

Web Editor: Kwan Booth

More information:

Fair trade lite: Fair Trade USA moves away from worker co-ops [2]

Hijacked Organic, Limited Local, Faulty Fair Trade [3]

Groundwork Coffee [4]

Roundup on the Fair Trade USA/FLO Split [5]

FWP’s Statement on Fair Trade USA s Resignation from Fairtrade International (FLO) [6]

A Schism Over Fair Trade [7]

A Brewing Problem [8]

Your Coffee Pods Dirty Secret [9]

Kill the K-Cup [10]

 

[1] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/coffee-918926_960_720.jpg

[2] http://grist.org/food/2011-12-02-fair-trade-lite-fair-trade-usa-moves-away-from-worker-co-ops/

[3] http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/hijacked-organic-limited-local-faulty-fair-trade

[4] http://www.groundworkcoffee.com/

[5] http://fairworldproject.org/blogs/roundup-of-perspectives-on-the-fair-trade-usaflo-split/

[6] http://fairworldproject.org/in-the-news/fwps-statement-on-fair-trade-usa-s-resignation-from-fairtrade-international-flo/

[7] http://www.marcgunther.com/a-schism-over-fair-trade/

[8] http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/03/the-abominable-k-cup-coffee-pod-environment-problem/386501/

[9] http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/03/coffee-k-cups-green-mountain-polystyrene-plastic

[10] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRGiGbX9lIo