Better Blooms, Bon-Bons, Fine Wines and Java

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What You Can Do:

• Oppose child labor by joining Global Exchange's chocolate campaign (www.globalexchange.org, 415-255-7296).

• See The Green Guide's Chocolate Product Report.

Coffee

Many people can’t start their day without it, yet conventionally grown coffee beans are both detrimental to the environment and to the people who pick and grow them. Try varieties that are organic, shade-grown and fair-trade when you buy for your loved one.

Organic Options

• Arbuckles' sells organic and fair trade-certified coffees from Latin America. Their Organic Ariosa Coffee was our favorite at a recent tasting of organic coffees ($15.95/lb.; www.arbucklecoffee.com, 800-533-8278)

• Cafe Bom Dia sells Marques de Paiva's organic and fair trade-certified blends, grown and packaged by small growers in Brazil (from $7.99/lb.; www.marquesdepaiva.com, 888-470-8010).

• Grounds for Change's organic, fair-trade and shade-grown Songbird gift box benefits a co-op farm in Chile ($29.95; www.groundsforchange.com).

• Batdorf & Bronson "relationship" coffees are also organic, fair-trade and shade-grown. Try the Organic Costa Rica ($12/lb.; www.batdorf.com, 800-955-5282).

• The Fair Trade Coffee Company’s Peruvian, Guatemalan and Mexican coffees are both organic and fair-trade ($9, www.fairtradecoffee.org/).

• Peace Coffee offers nearly 20 varieties of organic, shade-grown, fair-trade coffee ($9.95/lb., www.peacecoffee.com).

• Higher Ground offers organic and fair-trade coffees in light, medium and dark roasts (www.highergroundroasters.com).

 • Cafe Sombra offers Rainforest Alliance-certified coffees from Northeastern Brazil ($10/12 oz.; cafesombra.com), >