# The profile of Fairtrade in the the place where you live

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 8, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-profile-of-fairtrade-in-the-the-place-where-you-live/615132 "2012-03-08T07:07:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-profile-of-fairtrade-in-the-the-place-where-you-live/615132/21 "2012-03-14T13:23:34Z")

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In Canada the only thing I’ve ever noticed it on is coffee. I buy No Name brand dark roast, or whatever is on sale if it’s dark and is priced lower than No Name. I don’t care if it’s Fairtrade, at all. It’s not that I don’t care about poor bean pickers in Colombia, for example, it’s just that I care more about my disposable income.

Call me selfish.

ETA: I just looked on the Fairtrade.ca website and found this:

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> As you may have heard, the Board of Fair Trade USA has withdrawn its membership in Fairtrade International and will no longer be the Fairtrade Labelling Initiative for the United States as of December 31, 2011.

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