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Fair Trade

Cocoa

Question: The first cocoa product (Green and Blacks Maya Gold) to bear the FAIRTRADE Mark was when?
Answer: 1994

Question: How many fair trade farmers are there around the world? (Closest guess)
Answer: 141,800

Question: FINISH THIS SENTENCE: The Fairtrade Premium is used for social and economic investments such as __________ (There are four) to members. 
Answer: Education, health services, loans, and processing equipment. 

Question: Name three of the five countries with the highest Fairtrade cocoa production capacity.
Answer: Cote d'lvoire, Ghana, Peru, Democratic Republic, and Ecuador. 

Question: Name 5 out of 19 of the fair trade cocoa origins in the world.
Answer: Belize, Bolivia, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Columbia, Cote d'lvoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ghana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Sao Tome e Principe, Sierra Leone, and Sir Lanke.

Honey

Question: True or False? In a weak bargaining position, beekeepers often sell their honey at a fraction of the real value. 
Answer: True

Question: FINISH THIS SENTENCE. Most beekeeping families live in remote locations with ______ access to transport and market information.
Answer: limited. I would also have taken: confined, fixed, and restricted.

Question: Explain why the prices may vary when selling honey. 
Answer: Production cost, climate, vegetation zones, and the yield per bee colony. 

Question: Look it Up!!! Name three of the five Fairtrade Standards for Honey
Answer: -Producers are small family farms organized in cooperatives which they own and govern democratically. 
-The Fairtrade price is paid directly to the producer cooperatives.
-Environmental standards restrict the use of agrochemicals, ban genetically modified plants, and encourage sustainability.
-Pre-harvest lines of credit are given to the cooperatives if requested,
of up to 60% of the purchase price.
-No child or forced labor.


Question: A Fairtrade premium for honey is included in the ___________ (two words) and is used by cooperatives for social and economic investments such as __________________________________ (There are four)
Answer: education, health care, processing equipment, and loans to members. 

Flowers

Question: What country produces half the worlds flower exports?
Answer: The Netherlands

Question: According to The Kenya Human Rights Commission, how much does a worker get paid for an 8-12 hour shift?
Answer: $1 US

Question: FINISH THIS SENTENCE. Fairtrade aims to protect and benefit workers on flower farms by ________ those farms which ensures  ________ and good working conditions for their employes. 
Answer: certifying; safety. I would also have taken verifying and licensing; safeness and security.

Question: Give 2 reasons why children under the age of 15 are not allowed to work on the farms. 
Answer: It interferes with their health, and their education. 

Question: Look it Up!!! Name four of the six Fairtrade Standards for Flowers
Answer: -Child and forced labor is prohibited for children under the age of 15.
-Workers are given the veto in decision making.
-The Fairtrade Premium must be used for the development and improving working conditions.
-Workers have the freedom of association and collective agreements. They have the right to establish or join an independent union, elect their advisors and design their own programs. 
-Salaries must be higher than or equal to regional average or minimum wage. 
-Health and safety measures must be established in order to avoid work-related injuries. 


Sugar

Question: What famous American Ice Cream brand uses Fairtrade sugar?
Answer: Ben and Jerry's

Question: What percent of Fairtrade is sugar produced by African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries, or LDCs, where the most important source of income is often from sugar?
Answer: 80%

Question: Give 1 reason why some LEDCs, which contribute 80% of all Fairtrade sugar, stubble when it come to selling their sugar. 
Answer: They are competing against MEDCs, which are massive producing nations. 

Question: Look it Up!!! Name two of the five countries that currently produce the most Fairtrade sugar cane?
Answer: Belize, Fiji, Paraguay, Mauritius, and Malawi.

Question: 1. Global sugar is dominated by countries such as Brazil, China, Thailand, and the US, which produce what percent of the worlds sugar?
2. Fairtrade focuses it's efforts with sugar cane from countries such as African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries, which produce what percent of Fairtrades sugar?

Answer: 1. 65%
2. 80%


Wine

Question: True or False? In many large wine plantations, hired workers are protected from labor abuses. 
Answer: False

Question: Until what age is child labor and forced labor prohibited?
Answer: 15

Question: Name the three countries which produce Fairtrade certified wine.
Answer: South Africa, Argentina, and Chile

Question: Small family farmers cultivating wine grapes in Argentina and Chile are susceptible to low market prices which do not generate enough income to meet their family's basic needs. Explain the outcome of this problem that wine producers face. (There are two)
Answer: Limited opportunity to invest in improving farming systems. 
Lower productivity, and threats towards their livelihood. 


Question: Look it Up!!! Name two problems wine producers may face.
Answer: -With an increasing rate or liberalization, many small wine growers can't compete and are going out of business.
-Hired workers are not protected from labor abuse.
-Producers in South Africa, Chile, and Argentina face economic, social, and political challenges.
-Small family farmers cannot generate enough income to meet up to the families basic needs.