I'll wait until they're completely free trade before I'll go there.  Plus there's all those yuppies...eew

So Starbucks Corporation is raising their purchase of fair-trade coffee from -- what? -- 1% of their total consumption to 2%?  Or something like that?

Thanks, but no thanks, I'll support my local, independently-owned and operated, non-corporate, local-artist-supporting, 100% fair-trade and shade-grown coffeehouse, thank you.  

This in spite of the fact that Whorebucks has moved in across the street to try to put our local operator out of business.

So, do the people that moan and complain about Starbucks shop at Walmart?

Starbucks is working to help coffee growers qualify for the Fair Trade/Organic/Shade grown designation. They are helping bring about change in the industry, so that MORE coffee growers are helped this way.

Starbucks has a plan for how long until ALL their coffee is certified... and it isn't by dumping their current growers, it's by helping those growers better themselves.

Wal-Mart is the epidome of the schizophrenia of american consumers ......

"The capitalists will sell you the shovels they bury you with."

As for Starbucks, I prefer to make my coffee at home and am weaning myself off the caffeine habit.

A few months ago Starbucks in Chicago dropped organic milk as it was more expensive.  Despite my one man campaign - I asked for it about 5 times - they do not seem to be brining it back.  Too bad, it tasted better.