Fair Trade

Fair Trade Or, a lesson in smart shopping, Or, why children should go to school instead of using machetes, Or, how to reduce poverty and human trafficking, Or, how to buy coffee, chocolate and other good things so the farmer can survive and thrive.

Where does coffee come from?

How do we get coffee?

Where does chocolate come from?

How do we get chocolate?

Remember trafficking?
BBC Panorama – Chocolate: the Bitter Truth

Fair Trade is a way to
buy coffee, tea, chocolate and other goods and
avoid trafficking, child labor and other problems, and
help reduce poverty
all at the same time.

What is fair trade?
A global trade model and certification that allows shoppers to quickly identify products that were produced in an ethical manner.

Fair Trade

Fair Trade Principles
Fair prices and credit
Fair labor conditions
Direct trade
Democratic and transparent organizations
Community development
Environmental sustainability
Source: http://fairtradeusa.org/resource-library/faq

How is fair trade different than regular trade?
Source: Catholic Relief Services Fair Trade, www. crsfairtrade .org/

Fair Trade products
Source: http://www.fairtradeusa.org/sites/default/files/Almanac%202010_0.pdf

What can I buy certified fair trade?
Coffee
Tea
Sugar
Chocolate/cocoa
herbs, fresh fruit and vegetables, beans and grains, flowers, nuts, oils and butters, honey and spices, wine and apparel, soccer balls.

Where can I buy fair trade food?
Publix, Kroger, other stores?
Online
Equal Exchange
Starbucks: Café Estima Blend ®

Publix on Abercorn

What else should I buy fairly?
Jewelry
Shrimp
Rugs
Local produce
Arts/Crafts
Ten Thousand Villages
WMU worldcrafts.org
Store on Bull Street
Bead for Life

Questions?

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