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In coffee-price statistic above you see how exploitation works. Go to the diagram and see the coffee-prices in cents right hand. Then draw a horizontal line at 140 cent. This is the FairTrade minimum price. All worldmarket future-prices below this line (most of time) is desastrous for coffee-farmers. It is also the reason why farmers from many coffee-regions in South-America are now waiting at the big wall to the US as refugees. Unfortunately they are seeking their hope in just that country that generates the most profits from coffee. The country of Starbucks. Maybe some of them will become a dishwasher in a Starbucks kitchen. A bullshit job poorly payed with coffee, harvested by their relatives who are still in Guatemala, Honduras, Columbia....

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