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| - Fair Trade is a cafe right off of Central and Roosevelt in downtown Phoenix. It purports to be a supporter of "sustainable living through economic growth." By being "Fair Trade Certified", this venue agrees to the following principles taken from the Transfair USA website:
* Fair price: Democratically organized farmer groups receive a guaranteed minimum floor price and an additional premium for certified organic products.
* Fair labor conditions: Workers on Fair Trade farms enjoy freedom of association, safe working conditions, and living wages. Forced child labor is strictly prohibited.
* Direct trade: With Fair Trade, importers purchase from Fair Trade producer groups as directly as possible, eliminating unnecessary middlemen...
I guess that's cool.
I'm writing this seated at one of its tables, supposedly to get some work done (free wifi). It's got a nice, direct view of our downtown skyline. Light guitar music in the background. Light lunch fare is available, and I just finished a very sloppy, but good, egg salad sandwhich. The crowd here actually seems somewhat ASU-ish. In fact some guy came up to me when I first sat down and asked me to take a sociological survey as part of some ASU study (he was here with the cafe's permission).
It is a bit hard to find with the light rail construction chaos. But there is a very nice private and free parking garage directly adjacent to it. Find that, and you're golden.
The hours are decent. Open on this Sunday from 7 am to 7 pm. I still wish more of these Phoenix area cafes would get with the program and give late night owls like me somewhere to go after 10. If Tucson can do it, folks, so can you.
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