All the coffee available on getThaiCoffee.com has been purchased from Thai Tribal Highland Arabica Coffee Production and Marketing Cooperative which is certified by the Fairtrade Labelling Organizations (FLO) International. This means that the coffee grown in Thailand and sold here has met all of the applicable standards to be certified. Looking for their label (see below) is a way of ensuring that the coffee you buy is promoting greater equity in international trade.

As found on the FLO website (www.fairtrade.net), the strategic intent of Fair Trade is:

• "Deliberately to work with marginalized producers and workers in order to help them move from a position of vulnerability to security and economic self-sufficiency.
• To empower producers and workers as stakeholders in their own organizations;
• Actively to play a wider role in the global arena to achieve greater equity in international trade."

The Fairtrade standards prevent the exploitation of the economic situation of disadvantaged coffee farmers and producers. The Fairtrade organization requires that the prices paid for goods and services meet certain standards. Thus, getThaiCoffee.com has paid premium prices for the coffee it sells in order to improve conditions and promote economic stability for the small-farm coffee growers in Thailand.