Brewing justice : fair trade coffee, sustainability, and survival / Daniel Jaffee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jaffee, Daniel, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coffee industry--Developing countries.

Coffee industry.

Exports--Developing countries.

Exports.

Competition, Unfair.

Coffee--Prices--Developing countries.

Coffee.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (434 p.)

Edition:

Updated edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fair trade is a fast-growing alternative market intended to bring better prices and greater social justice to small farmers around the world. But what does a fair-trade label signify? This vivid study of coffee farmers in Mexico offers the first thorough investigation of the social, economic, and environmental benefits of fair trade. Based on extensive research in Zapotec indigenous communities in Oaxaca, Brewing Justice follows the members of the cooperative Michiza, whose organic coffee is sold on the international fair-trade market, and compares them to conventional farming families in the same region. The book carries readers into the lives of coffee-producer households and communities, offering a nuanced analysis of fair trade's effects on everyday life and the limits of its impact. Brewing Justice paints a clear picture of the dynamics of the fair-trade market and its relationship to the global economy. Drawing on interviews with dozens of fair-trade leaders, the book also explores the movement's fraught politics, especially the challenges posed by rapid growth and the increased role of transnational corporations. It concludes with recommendations to strengthen and protect the integrity of fair trade. This updated edition includes a substantial new chapter that assesses recent developments in both coffee-growing communities and movement politics, offering a guide to navigating the shifting landscape of fair-trade consumption.

Contents:

Preface to the 2014 Edition

Preface to the 2007 Edition

Introduction

1. A Movement or a Market?

2. Coffee, Commodities, Crisis

3. One Region, Two Markets

4. The Difference a Market Makes: Livelihoods and Labor

5. A Sustainable Cup? Fair Trade, Shade-Grown Coffee, and Organic Production

6. Eating and Staying on the Land: Food Security and Migration

7. Dancing with the Devil?

8. "Mejor, Pero No Muy Bien Que Digamos": The Limits of Fair Trade

9. Strengthening Fair Trade

Conclusion

Epilogue: Seeking Justice in a Shifting Terrain

Acknowledgments

Appendix: Research Methods

Notes

Bibliography

Bibliography to the 2014 Epilogue

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 30, 2014).

ISBN:

9780520957886

0520957881

OCLC:

889661046