At a supermarket, here we buy almost everything we need in our day-to-day lives.// Our decisions on what to buy are based on taste, quality, and price.// But what you might not know is that the decisions we make can have a significant impact.// Fairtrade products vastly improve the working and living conditions of families in developing countries.// But how does Fairtrade even work?// Let’s take this pack of coffee as an example.//
　　Fairtrade coffee farmers don’t work alone.// They are members of cooperatives and organize democratically.// There are many advantages to this system.// A central component of the Fairtrade system is the minimum price, which is the minimum that farmers organizations are paid when selling their products through Fairtrade.// Additionally, producer organizations receive the Fairtrade premium.// It is up to the farmers and workers to decide how to use the premium.// They might build wells and hospitals, buy better farming equipment or invest in switching to organic farming.// Having a stable income can drastically improve a whole family’s opportunities.//
　　Coffee is the most well-known Fairtrade product.// However, there is a huge range of Fairtrade products available from bananas, ice cream, rice, cocoa, sugar, herbs, honey, dried fruits and nuts to fruit juices, tea and wine.// Even flowers, cotton, and sport balls can be Fairtrade certified.//
　　So now it’s over to you in your daily shopping.// Look for the Fairtrade mark and choose products that change lives for over 1.5 million farmers and workers worldwide.// Fairtrade: the power is in your hands.//