This is something that's always bewildered me, and i'm sure its as true in the states as it is here.

Most commonly fair-trade products are clothing, fruit and vegetables, chocolate, coffee, teas, sugar. But how can a company sell two products (much less people want to buy one of them) when they *know* and it is advertised that they farmer/producer did not get a fair deal for their coffee beans etc?

The question basically is - Should we be able to buy non-fairtrade products?