Sweetwater is a member of Cooperative Coffees, a fair trade, organic green coffee importing cooperative comprised of 23 community based coffee roasters in the USA and Canada. Sweetwater and the other members of Cooperative Coffees share a 100% commitment to building and supporting equitable and sustainable trade relationships for the benefit of farmers and their exporting cooperatives, families and communities. We currently work with 24 small farmer organizations in 14 distinct, coffee producing countries. Our trading partners are farmer cooperatives, local organizations founded and democratically governed by the farmers themselves. Fair Trade helps build pride, independence and empowerment for small farmers, their families and their communities.

Read more about our coffee trading partners in Bolivia, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, East Timor, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Rwanda, Sumatra, Tanzania and Uganda.