Fair Trade

Fair trade is a social movement that promotes sustainable development by seeking greater equity in international trade. Fair trade offers better trading conditions to marginalized producers and workers, particularly in the southern hemisphere. Several fair trade certification organizations offering product labeling programs exist, including TransFair USA, Fair Trade Labeling Organizations International and Fair Trade Federation.

Fair trade certification programs typically address making improvements to the following aspects of international trade: labor conditions, pricing, direct trade (eliminating middlemen), transparency, community development and environmental sustainability. You'll find bloggers addressing fair trade at Fair Trade Certified, Catholic Relief Services, Global Exchange Store and many other sites.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Fair Trade”

• renegade chicago :: wishing to be there

  
  Brown Sugar Design Blog — Authority: 417
  This time last year, we were on our way to Jonathan’s hometown, Chicago. Our trip coincided with Renegade Handmade’s holiday sale at the Pulaski Park Fieldhouse – so of course, we took advantage of the coincidence and went to check it out . This year, the sale is December 5 & 6 – alas, we won’t be ...
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• Tony Blair visits Palestinian Success Story

  
  Shared Interest Blog — Authority: 124
  We’ve just received the following press release from Canaan Fair Trade, a Shared Interest customer and producer of the only Fairtrade certified olive oil.  This really does illustrate what a massive accomplishment Canaan Fair Trade and Fairtrade in general have made in the region.  Congratulations Canaan! ...
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• Help Alleviate World Poverty With The “BLOG WITH HEART” Challenge

  
  Greener Choices for Stuff You Use Everyday! — Authority: 142
  Help Alleviate World Poverty With The “BLOG WITH HEART” Challenge I just made a loan to someone in Tajikistan using a revolutionary new website called Kiva . You can go to Kiva’s website and lend to someone across the globe who needs a loan for their business – like raising goats, selling vegetables at ...
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• Terra Trendz gives us a discount!

  
  Seed & Sew — Authority: 412
  Our friends at Terra Trendz love us so much that they’re giving Seed & Sew ’s readers a 15% discount on everything on their site. For example, this fair-trade raffia clutch by Mad Imports is already discounted $15 on the site – you get 15% more. Or their super cute “Woof” and “Meow” ...
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• Terra Trendz gives us a discount!

  
  Seed & Sew — Authority: 412
  Our friends at Terra Trendz love us so much that they’re giving Seed & Sew ’s readers a 15% discount on everything on their site. For example, this fair-trade raffia clutch by Mad Imports is already discounted $15 on the site – you get 15% more. Or their super cute “Woof” and “Meow” ...
  2 days ago

• Interview with Sonya Maldar, Extractive Industries Policy Officer for CAFOD

  
  Fair Trade Jewelry — Authority: 408
  Introduction: Sonya Maldar of the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) discusses CAFOD’s recent campaign, focusing on the retail jewellers and the challenge eliminating dirty gold from the jewelry supply chain. By Greg Valerio(Greg Valerio is a fair trade jewellery campaigner. He is the founder of CRED ...
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• Wholly Cow!

  
  Daisy Green — Authority: 139
  Hand made with love in the north east Wholly Cow are a little gem based in Daisy’s native north east of England. The design label and boutique was founded by Lisa Germaney and is dedicated to making chic and unique designer clothing, all of which are hand crafted . Lisa has offered daisygreenmagazine.co.uk ...
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• Wyclef Jean And Bono Receive ‘Ripple Of Hope Award’

  
  Look To The Stars News: Latest — Authority: 579
  Written by Delinda Lombardo Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer Wyclef Jean , and ( RED ) founder/ U2 front man Bono , were honored this week at a ceremony thrown by The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, where each were awarded the ‘Ripple of Hope’ Award. “As ...
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• Buy Well Coffee

  
  Leafygreen.info: Green Product Reviews for a Green World. — Authority: 124
  Peru Alta Gold and Guatemala Fuego are both dark bean coffees.  Using my Keurig machine I made single cups to insure that each cup would be brewed the same. With some coffees each cup sometimes tastes different.  With the Buy Well Coffees this is not the case.  With each cup came that wonderful coffee aroma and a ...
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• The bling Im coveting this holiday isnt blingy at all

  
  Cool Mom Picks — Authority: 557
  Looking around the Shokay e-shop recently, it turns out one of our favorite fair trade purveyors of luxury hand knit baby clothes are doing beautiful things with accessories now too. Kristen and I pretty much gasped simultaneously when
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• Organic Meltdown Sweet Candied Orange

  
  Chocablog — Authority: 516
  Back in July, Simon reviewed two Organic Meltdown bars and gave them a fairly positive write-up, so I was keen to try this when I found it in Waitrose. But before I get to the chocolate, I want to talk about the branding. Half of the front of the wrapper of this bar is taken up by the words “Eating this chocolate ...
  3 days ago

• Bord med skiva i metall med laserskuret mönster

  
  ROOM and SERVE — Authority: 428
  Via Designspotter Från Mon Tai Design kommer dessa snygga bordsskivor i metall med laserskuret eller etsat  mönster. [mó, man, tai] (kantonesiska)= no Problem. Hållbarhet och samhällsansvar är prioriteringar i begreppsbildning och utveckling av Mon Tai Designs produkter. Man kan förvandla sina antika ...
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• Faith-based organizations

  
  Fair Trade Sports | sustainable eco soccer balls and more — Authority: 412
  Faith-based organizations are at the heart of the Fair Trade movement, and have been since Day One. Here’s one that is best of breed called Trade As One . A good group to keep in mind this gift-shopping weekend.
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• 7 Points for Fantastic Food and Cities

  
  FoodCycles — Authority: 114
  Dr. Wayne Roberts spoke on food policy and a new vision for cities at Toledo Library in the US. As always his witty humour is always a hit. The photos he uses in the presentation are also quite insightful. Dr. Roberts also proposes hopeful solutions and answers to fixing cities and the food system. If you want the ...
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• Anti-sweatshop victory

  
  Newstips Blog — Authority: 426
  After student anti-sweatshop activists pressured 96 colleges and universities (including DePaul, Loyola and Northwestern) to drop Russell Athletics as a t-shirt supplier, the company agreed to allow Honduran workers to unionize in "a breakthrough of enormous significance for the right to organize in one of the ...
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• Multitasking moms need multitasking gifts

  
  Family Tree| Family Tree blog, honoluluadvertiser.com | Honolulu, Hawaii — Authority: 118
  In anticipation of the season of buying, I’ve been embracing the spirit of giving and taking the kids along for the ride. They’d been enthusiastic — urging me to feed the poor, help the homeless and support several charities — but they weren’t thrilled when I told them I’d been buying fair trade products ...
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• On How to Find Fair Trade Items Online

  
  Know Magic — Authority: 127
  Meander through your nearby Tescos, and you’re looking at the benefits of a global market. One can buy just about any product at super-low costs. It could be dragon fruit from Laos or tea from Peru - it’s acquirable throughout the year. There’s never been a greater time in the history of humanity to be a ...
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• A Closer Look at Ethical Products: Introducing Fairtrade

  
  Useful Electron — Authority: 131
  Walk around your nearest branch of Morrissons, and you’re looking at the benefits of global market forces. You can purchase just about any item at a very low price. It might be bananas from Laos or rum from Venezuela - it’s in stock all year round. This is by far the best time in the history of humanity to be a ...
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• Rebekah Green – Eco-Friendly Sustainable Customizable Handcrafted Jewelry

  
  The Fashionable Housewife — Authority: 577
  I was recently introduced to a gorgeous, fair-trade, eco-friendly, sustainable, hand-made line of jewelry by Rebekah Green. Rebekah, a reverse environmentalist, entertainment personality and designer, launched her new luxury line of sustainable, customizable and handcrafted jewelry made exclusively of ...
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• Who really gains with all the "ECO" hype

  
  Business Forum UK - Advice Help and Questions - A1 Forums — Authority: 154
  I just cant understand what all the fuss is about, Eco means more money?? I used to use recycled copier paper until i saw how much it was about £3 extra, let face it nearly all paper made today has a certain percentage of recycled paper included. Then theres the issue with green house gases and the ozone, if its ...
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