We offer quilts, layettes, health kits, school kits, and more. These are tangible expressions of our faith. And the offerings we put in the plate on Sunday morning help us to carry on this vital mission in Jesus' name. But our consumer dollars are hurting the very people our offering dollars are trying to help. Thus began LWR's pursuit of justice in a major product we purchase.
Coffee is the second largest commodity sold, the first being oil.
This means that it affects a tremendous number of people, globally. Also, coffee is primarily grown in economically disadvantaged countries, and much of it is purchased in economically prosperous countries, like ours. But, it is the injustice in the trading of coffee that makes this the perfect product to raise the consciousness of all consumer goods. The coyotes offer farmers much needed cash, today, for beans, later. Now they will not have enough money to make it to the next harvest thus leaving them at the mercy of the coyote once again.