BLACK GOLD [RICH NATIONS EXPLOIT THE COFFEE TRADE TO KEEP THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN POVERTY]
Posted in free coffee on Jul 18th, 2010
Multinational coffee companies now rule our shopping malls and supermarkets and dominate the industry worth over $80 billion, making coffee the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil. But while we continue to pay for our lattes and cappuccinos, the price paid to coffee farmers remains so low that many have been forced [...]