Fairtrade, Max Havelaar and life after Pink Bag. Last Step to Intestinal Heaven

3rd March 2016

Pink Bag is going and we need some help. Pink Bag is Universal Village’s Fairtrade coffee beans which you might know better as Rhino Coffee – it’s packed in bright pink packaging, hence various expressions commonly heard at the Fair Food warehouse such as “Do you want a Pink Bag?” or “There’s a fresh pot of Pink Bag.” Anyway, Universal Village is no longer making Pink Bag which has put us in a bit of a spin and in pretty bad need of some good Fairtrade organic coffee.

I’ve been on the Fairtrade coffee hunt so I got curious about what Fairtrade actually is because I always assumed Fairtrade was good because it’s called Fairtrade right? And therefore, it must be. Well I had a look around and it’s not as straightforward as that, in fact, Fairtrade is sort of a fascinating reflection of us all really; a study in light, dark and various shades of grey.