Sustaining an Industry: Value and Viability for Farmworkers in Coffee
By Ben Corey-Moran, Fair Trade USA Farmworkers are the backbone of coffee production. These women, men—and yes, sometimes children—are the labor force that drives coffee production, yet they toil behind the curtain of our industry’s awareness. In the well-worn hands of an estimated four million farmworkers rests the promise of great coffee, the hope for industry …