Bringing Fair Trade Home: the Launching of the Domestic

"In an historic coming together farmers, farmworkers, traders, processors, marketers and food system advocates sat down as equals to bring fair trade home," reports the Organic Consumers Association. On December 7, "after three years of groundwork, the Domestic Fair Trade Association (DFTA) is ready to welcome new members." Dr. Chela Vazquez, representing PAN at the meeting held at the headquarters of Organic Valley Coop in LaFarge, Wisconsin, reports that "the participants agreed on a program to advance a vision of social and environmental justice in the food system by developing fair trade standards for North America." DFTA's primary goals are "to support family-scale farming, to reinforce farmer-led initiatives such as farmer co-operatives, to ensure just conditions for agricultural workers, to strengthen the organic farming movement, and bring these efforts together with mission-based traders, retailers and concerned consumers to contribute to the movement for a more equitable, diverse and sustainable agriculture in North America."

http://www.panna.org/files/domesticFairTrade20081217.pdf

Fair Trade Chocolate And Coffee

100% Fair Trade companies

These companies are 100% Fair Trade or transitioning to 100% Fair Trade - the way the industry should be- and we commend their leadership. Listings including non-100% companies, manufacturers, importers, and processors: TransFairUSA. Retailer listings: TransFair USA, Fair Trade Federation. Order on-line from company web sites or GX's Fair Trade store. Favorite company isn't listed? Can't find these products locally? Click on "Act Now!" and take action!

Fair Trade Flowers for Valentine's Day!

A Better World is Blooming

The Fair Trade Certified label on your bouquet means that flower workers, most of whom are women, can put food on their tables, send their children to school, invest in community development, and use sustainable farming methods.

http://www.transfairusa.org/content/flowers/