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Walmart Adds Fair Trade USA to List of Accepted Third-Party Audits for Responsible Sourcing Program
Fair Trade USA®, the leading certifier of fair trade products in North America, is proud to announce that it has... → Read More
Women Rise Against 'Toxic Machismo' in Latin America
International Women’s Day was on March 8, and as we consider what it means to achieve true gender equality, we... → Read More
COVID-19: How Fair Trade USA Is Responding and What You Can Do
As the world mobilizes to stop the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic, many people are searching for ways to support... → Read More
Fair Trade USA and PUR Projet Tackle Deforestation in Cocoa Supply Chains
OAKLAND, Calif., March 7, 2018 /3BL Media/ - Fair Trade USA, the leading certifier of Fair Trade products in North America, and PUR Projet, a social business working with companies to regenerate ecosystems, announce a new partnership to develop community-driven agroforestry projects within Fair Trade supply chains in Côte d’Ivoire. Côte d’Ivoire produces about 39 percent of the world’s cocoa and… → Read More
They Weren't Expecting a Woman
Celina Lima is awake at the crack of dawn. It was 6:30 a.m. in Thailand where she called to update us about her latest passion project—latest being the imperative. Over the last year, Celina has embarked on a series of travels through Central America, Thailand, and the Southeastern United States studying the impact of Fair Trade on producers’ livelihoods, and each has come with its own set of… → Read More
Fair Trade Products Supporting Women
Every day, women throughout the world are denied fair wages, health care, child care, education, and leadership opportunities. They accept less because society tells them they have no other choice. Fair Trade challenges that, making it easy for you to support women and companies helping women succeed while you shop. We're big believers that ethically-made products can be some of our greatest… → Read More
How You Can Be Part of the Fair Trade Difference
Fair Trade USA, a nonprofit organization and leading certifier of Fair Trade products, has released a powerful 5-minute documentary video to kick off its new Fair Trade Difference campaign and pledge drive. → Read More
A Look Into Fair Trade
Fair Trade Certified works unlike any other ethical label by enabling direct economic benefit for farmers, workers, and fishermen. It’s simple: each time you buy something that's Fair Trade Certified, you help drive additional money—called Community Development Funds—back to the people who worked hard to make that product according to rigorous Fair Trade standards. This unique piece of our model… → Read More
In Their Words: an Open Letter From Family-Owned Farm Wholesum Harvest
Last month I had the opportunity to interview farm workers at Wholesum Harvest’s Fair Trade Certified™ tomato farm in Amado, Arizona. I’ve spoken with many farm workers during my three years at Fair Trade USA, but this assignment had me nervous. Wholesum Amado represents a new frontier for Fair Trade. Last year, it became the first farm in the United States to earn Fair Trade certification. That… → Read More
14 Easy Ways You Can Fair Trade Your Daily Routine, From Start to Finish
Every day, we make choices. We choose what to wear to work, what to eat for breakfast, and which blanket to curl up under at night. Each one of these decisions has the power to improve the world when you choose items with the Fair Trade Certified seal. That's because every time you do, it sends money directly back to the farmers, workers, or fishermen who produced that item for you, which they… → Read More
The Fair Trade Difference Campaign Launch
Today we release a powerful 5-minute documentary video to kick off the Fair Trade Difference campaign and pledge drive. The purpose of the video and two-week campaign is to tell the story of Fair Trade in full color, and to inspire commitment to shopping Fair Trade by signing a pledge. As a whole, the Fair Trade Difference is an invitation to peer behind the seal; a guided tour into lives and… → Read More
Connections Through Coffee: a Journey to Guatemala
Located in the mountains of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, CODECH is a large organization that represents 10 communities across four small organizations with 437 producers, of which 112 are females. The organization supports many local projects and has different areas of focus, including environmental awareness programs, microfinance loans, and social projects. After sitting in on one of the Board of… → Read More
How Fair Trade Is Helping Smallholder Coffee Farmers Succeed
Fair Trade USA is the leading fair trade certifying body in North America, operating globally alongside the European-based Fairtrade International. Colleen Anunu, Fair Trade USA’s Senior Manager of Supply Chain, reflects on some of fair trade’s achievements and challenges, with a focus on the coffee sector. She also explains how Fair Trade USA and Oikocredit are teaming up to reduce price risks… → Read More
West Elm & Williams-Sonoma, Inc., First International Home Retailer to Partner with Fair Trade USA, Expand Commitment to $3 Million in Premiums by 2020
As the first international home furnishings retailer to partner with Fair Trade USA in 2014, West Elm and parent company Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM) today announced plans to expand upon their responsible retail commitments to include a goal to pay premiums of $3 million towards Fair Trade Community Development by 2020. The company also announced that it has partnered with Vietnam’s… → Read More
Texas A&M Fair Trade University Designation Press Release
By Elena Watts, Texas A&M Marketing and Communications COLLEGE STATION, Sept. 14, 2017—Texas A&M is the 46th and largest university in the nation, and only the second in Texas, to earn official designation as a Fair Trade University from Fair Trade Campaigns, a national initiative that engages students in issues of global poverty. Fair Trade is an economic system that ensures the… → Read More
It’s Time for the World to Start Caring About Coconuts
Fair Trade USA explains how the coconut craze is affecting farmers and shares a few things consumers can do to improve their lives. → Read More
It’s Time for the World to Start Caring About Coconuts
Welcome to the age of the coconut, one of the world’s most popular “superfoods”. If you couldn’t already tell, coconut products are everywhere. And demand is still rising. Coconut water, the first to hit the market, was quickly followed by a boom in sugars, oils, flours, body care, detergents and even home cleaning products. (Most of us use coconut on a daily basis and don’t even know it!)… → Read More
Fair Trade USA’s Mother’s Day Gift Guide
As Mother’s Day approaches, it’s important to recognize how important moms are in our lives. They listen to us, support us, care for us, teach us and help shape us into the people we are today. Such incredible works deserves daily presents, but since that is slightly impossible for most of us, picking out the perfect present this Mother’s Day is the next best thing– and we know just how to find… → Read More
Kelly Slater, Shepard Fairey Featured in Fair Trade USA’s ‘We Wear Fair Trade’ Campaign
To mark the anniversary of the Rana Plaza Factory Collapse, Fair Trade USA will launch a digital photo campaign called “We Wear Fair Trade” with its apparel partners Patagonia, Outerknown, Obey, Athleta and Prana, on Fashion Revolution Day, April 24. The trade group, which provides the Fair Trade mark to products that adhere to a strict checklist of sustainable and ethical labor practices... → Read More
Patagonia, Outerknown, Prana, and More to Participate in New Fair Trade USA Campaign
In an effort to mark the anniversary of the Rana Plaza Factory collapse, WWD reports that Fair Trade USA has gathered notable influencers and figures from... → Read More