What Makes Organic Coffee “Organic”? Like other organic foods, organic coffees are grown without the aid of pesticides, herbicides, chemicals, and other additives which are commonly used to help protect and improve coffee output. So, when an “organic” label is slapped onto a bag of coffee beans or ground coffee, it must have come from a farm that doesn't use synthetic additives or fertilser. Commonly, organic fertilizer in the coffee industry is made from chicken manure, coff

The Fair Trade movement started 25 years ago as an education concept, using alternative trade methods to show to the European public the injustice and social unbalance caused by international trade. The terms of trade (price relation between raw materials and processed/technical goods) developed very much in favour of the industrialized countries at that time. Fair trade started to counter this development in establishing special criteria for sustainable trade with (mainly) s

Organic refers to the way agricultural products—food and fiber—are grown and processed. Organic food production is based on a system of farming that maintains and replenishes soil fertility without the use of toxic and persistent pesticides and fertilizers. Organic foods are minimally processed without artificial ingredients, preservatives, or irradiation to maintain the integrity of the food. "Certified Organic" means the item has been grown according to strict uniform stand