Fair Trade Sugar

What do the farmers use and how do they get sugar?


The farmers there farm sugar canes, they earn a fair price for their work. The producers have strict standards for the use and handling of pesticides. They have to be very careful because they have to protect the water, forest, and other ecosystems from pesticides.
Fairtrade sugar - what difference does it make to people's lives?

Where the Sugar Comes From

It comes from sugar canes and sugar beets. Both of these are used to make sugar. Since sugar can be used in so many types of foods, it can be sold for a good amount of money. Sugar beets and sugar canes are 2 different plants even though they both make sugar.