When confronted with the ability to make the “ethical” choice at the grocery store, picking up a bag of Fair Trade certified coffee seems like a no-brainer. With a commitment to worthy goals like reducing poverty, empowering women, and supporting education, Fair Trade products appear to put the power of creating a better world in the hands of the purchaser. But the impact may not be a benefit for the poorest workers, and like other food trends, could be negatively impacting the lives of the people producing some of our foods. A recently released four-year study, Fairtrade, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia and Uganda , found that Fair Trade certification does not have the positive impact on producers consumers may believe it does. For the report, the University of London researchers collected data from Ethiopia and Uganda in regions where coffee, tea, and flowers are produced. It found that the workers involved in Fair Trade production had very low wages, and they did