If you're interested in drinking or buying fair-trade coffee and other fair-trade products, we've rounded up a sampling of places across town that offer them.
● Bentley's House of Coffee & Tea 1730 E. Speedway 795-0338
• All coffee sold and served is fair-trade-certified.
● Jacqueline's Petite Cafe and Catering 6080 N. La Cholla Blvd., inside the Desert Cardiology of Tucson building 547-3526
• All coffee served is fair-trade- certified.
● Wild Oats Natural Marketplace 3360 E. Speedway 795-9844
• Sells coffee, bananas, chocolate and teas.
● Food Conspiracy Co-op 412 N. Fourth Ave. 624-4821
• Sells fair-trade coffee, cocoa and tote bags, as well as produce from local farmers.
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● Aqua Vita 2801 N. Country Club Road 293-7770
• Sells coffee, chocolate and bananas.
● Azure Skies Global Gifts 808 E. University Blvd. 622-6180
• The store is full of fair-trade objects, including stationery, jewelry, toys, musical instruments, coffee, cashews, chocolate and holiday items.
If you buy produce from local farmers at farmers markets or co-ops, you're probably shopping in the spirit of fair trade. "Just think of the concept of what fair trade means. Like with our growers - we pay them a good price, but we could get the same product from a distributor and they would get a cut and the farmer would get less," said Ben Kuzma, general manager of the Food Conspiracy Co-op on North Fourth Avenue.
"Anytime you're selling local produce or local products you're within the spirit of the fair-trade meaning. That's the whole idea."
