Comment by zuzululu

Farmers typically retain only around 1% to 10% of the final retail price wether its labeled "ethical" or "co-op" or whatever is teh new "organic".

Even if you double the wages paid to pickers, the final cost to the consumer only needs to increase by a few cents, the rest are margins captured by simply labelling the coffee beans

I know because I used to work for a trader that specialized in coffee futures