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http://www.justcoffee.coop/blog/%5Buser%5D/2012/01/13/fair_trade_is_dead FULL WEBSITE TEXT AT BOTTOM OF POST This article was written by coffee specialists but it applies equally in cacao / chocolate in my opinion. He nails it when he writes "In 1997......farmers knew that, despite good intentions, they had already lost control of what would become branded as “Fair Trade”. Over the years the c…