Discuss “Fair trade coffee will come to campus — once you ask for it”

Fair trade coffee partnerships foster openness and respect between consumers and producers. By helping out small-scale farmers in often underprivileged regions of the world, these partnerships cultivate equitability and transparency in trade. They are often coupled with organic food initiatives, a union that highlights the idea of more natural and sustainable living. Fair trade coffee, when supported by vendors and consumers, leads to everyone being increasingly knowledgeable of other cultures of the world.

So why, then, isn’t fair trade coffee more prevalent on Carnegie Mellon’s campus, a campus that celebrates sustainability and green practices?

Currently, fair trade coffee — and information about it — is rare at Carnegie Mellon....