Did you know?
-Many coffee farmers are forced to sell their crops to middlemen at less than the cost of production, forcing them into debt and a cycle of poverty.
-Fair Trade coffee alone may not be an adequate solution.
-From our experience and many others, the fair trade wage is simply not enough to put children through school, to provide enough food for families, or to provide farmers with a reasonable quality of life. The San Lazaro Commitment:
-To pay employees 25% more than local fair wages and provide specialty medical care.
-To treat our employees with dignity, respect, and love through personal relationships to ensure that each individual is given the opportunity to thrive, not merely survive.
-To use 100% of our profits to support the Mission Lazarus Refuge children’s home.
-To use organic methods to produce our coffee
-To cut out the middle-man and act as a single sourced-coffee to guarantee fair wages for our employees.
-To bring you a cup of coffee that has consistently scored as a “specialty coffee.”
