coffee

• coffee is the most heavily traded crop in the world
• Hawaii is the only state in America that produces coffee, so America has to import it from other countries
• coffee comes from all over the world
• profits of coffee do not make it to the poor small workers way at the bottom, they do the labor and if they cannot get connected the supply line of coffe may stop.
• people look for cheaper coffee over quality of coffee

• fair trade coffee-The United States consumes one-fifth of all the world's coffee, making it the largest consumer in the world. But few Americans realize that agriculture workers in the coffee industry often toil in what can be described as "sweatshops in the fields." Many small coffee farmers receive prices for their coffee that are less than the costs of production, forcing them into a cycle of poverty and debt. 
•  globalization-  describes the process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a global network of communication, transportation, and trade
• relationship coffee-  is an alternative to the traditional coffee supply chain