What Is Fair Trade?
Fair Trade Is...
The practice of buying products directly from producers in developing nations and developing parts of our own country.
About helping people to become self-supporting and self-suffiicent regardless of race, gender, or religion.
Buying goods bought directly from producers, artists, and families, NOT from sweatshops, slaveholders, or big businesses.
Guaranteeing fair prices and fair pay to both women and men.
An investment to improve social, educational, and medical conditions in the producers' home communities.
When producers are paid for their products up-front to ensure long-term success.
Environmentally safe which ensures sustainable production methods that protect the environment and cultivate healthy communities here and abroad.
Guaranteeing no forced child labor was used in production. Many of the children once forced to work in clothing and carpet mills are now in school.