Discover how fair trade prices work to support ethical practices, humane conditions, and environmental sustainability. Learn the key tenets of the fair trade movement.
You might not know it from its generally low price tag, but chocolate has a host of production issues, from child labor on cacao farms to issues with deforestation. Chocolate isn’t alone in this ...
Fair trade is a global movement that strives to provide standards for how products like food and clothing are grown, produced, and sold. These standards help ensure equitable trade by directly ...
As I have met with fair trade factories and farms internationally, I have often heard, “When the certification auditors come, two-thirds of the workforce runs out the back door." This cheekily ...
For more than a quarter of a century, Paul Rice, founder of Fair Trade USA, and Seth Goldman, co-founder of Honest Tea and CEO of Just Ice Tea, have championed ethical sourcing with a laser focus on ...