Coffee brands love to tout their ethics and human rights policies, yet the supply chain is still built on poverty. At some point, we have to judge the industry not by what it says but by its actions.
Very insightful article, thank you! It made me think about how little we Western consumers care about child labor and poverty on coffee farms. It's in the news, yet people still flock to Starbucks or generate Nespressos at home. Very good point to ask habitual offenders like Starbucks and Nestlé why their farmers needed to resort to using children to help pick coffee in the first place.
Very good - reminds me of what Slavoj Zizek says about coffee here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAMbpQ8J7g
Very insightful article, thank you! It made me think about how little we Western consumers care about child labor and poverty on coffee farms. It's in the news, yet people still flock to Starbucks or generate Nespressos at home. Very good point to ask habitual offenders like Starbucks and Nestlé why their farmers needed to resort to using children to help pick coffee in the first place.