Share 'The high cost for farmers of organic and fair trade certifications'

As a chocolate maker working with Jamaican farmers who were interested in organic certification, we were astonished to find out that certification that allows such designation on their/my label costs a farmer $2500 per year.  There is no way the farmers I work with could ever afford that.  Even if they form a cooperative, the coop would have to be huge to spread that sufficiently and then the cha…