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Why Buy Fair Trade Flowers?
As
a consumer of fair trade goods, this means you can rest easy
knowing you are helping to improve the income of regular people,
usually independent farmers, as opposed to putting more money
in the pockets of big corporations.
The primary
reason people choose to buy fair trade goods, such as fair
trade coffee or in this case fair trade flowers, is because
they feel an ethical obligation not to benefit from the exploitation
of other human beings, or because they don't wish to be a
part of the consumer process that is built on the backs of
exploited workers in other, less well off, countries.
In
the case of fair trade flowers, there may also be a desire
to ensure that the growing practices of the growers are environmentally
friendly and do not use harmful fertilizers. As well, a fair
trade model typically ensures that more of the money that
the end consumer is paying for products goes directly to the
producers and less of it goes to the "middle men."
As
a consumer of fair trade goods, this means you can rest easy
knowing you are helping to improve the income of regular people,
usually independent farmers, as opposed to putting more money
in the pockets of big corporations.
Buying
fair trade goods, such as fair trade flowers, enables the
producers to create an environment where their products are
produced in socially and environmentally sound ways. Workers
who help to grow and harvest fair trade flowers are paid a
fair and competitive wage, and the working conditions meet
basic standards of decency.
If
you want to contribute to the fair trade movement, call ahead
and inquire about whether the florist sells fair trade flowers.
Though it may be true that fair trade goods can cost a little
more for the average consumer at a typical flower retail shop,
an extra little bit of money is a small price to pay for the
knowledge that you are not contributing to the exploitation
of workers in developing countries.
When you send fairt trade flowers you are making a socially
and environmentally responsible choice.
Sources
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/fair-trade/
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