Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Coffee

  • Coffee is the most heavily traded crop in the world
Vocab
  • Fair Trade Coffee- an organized social movement and market-based approach that aims to help producers in developing countries obtain better trading conditions and promote sustainability
  • Certified Organic Coffee-coffee that has grown according to organic farming standards without using pesticides 
  • Relationship Coffee- try to make a relationship between buyer and seller to make them want to buy their coffee
  • Commodity- a economic good or agricultural product
  • Trade Credit- an arrangement between businesses to trade goods or products.
Questions
  • What is the top country in coffee production? Brazil
  • Where do coffee beans grow? They are the pit of the coffee plant
  • What rank are we in for coffee consumption? 16th
  • How many liters do we consume per capita? 105.9
  • Do we produce coffee in the US? in Hawaii

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