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Fair Trade Colorado State University

We are the CSU Rams, and we make our home up here in beautiful Fort Collins, CO. We have a small but dedicated campaign working towards getting the word out there and available to those in our community.

Colby-Sawyer College Fair Trade

Fair Trade Carroll College

California Lutheran University

Fair Trade Cabrini College

Berea College’s Fair Trade University Initiative

Solidifying our dedication to Fair Trade products and global justice. Berea College’s campaign is student-initiated and ran through People Who Care, a student-managed social justice and human rights organization, with the assistance of the full-time staff at the Center for Excellence in Learning Through Service (CELTS).

Fair Trade Assumption College

Winter Park, Florida

One of the finest cities in the United States, Winter Park, Fla., is considered by many to be the premier urban village in the sunshine state. With its rich heritage, strong sense of community, vast parks system, diverse economic base, and beautiful chain of lakes, the city provides a high quality of life to both […]

Taos, New Mexico

In February 2008, town council members in Taos, New Mexico passed a resolution and enacted stringent guidelines for the coveted Fair Trade Towns designation. Taos is the first Fair Trade Town in New Mexico, the first in the Western United States, and the firth nationally.

Santa Rosa, California

Here in Santa Rosa we believe that we can always improve relationships between ourselves, farmers and producers. It’s not just about consumption. It’s about how we think about ourselves in relation to farmers, producers, artisans. As one grain of sand helps build a beach, so a purchase helps improve the quality of life of a […]

San Ramon, California

San Francisco, California

Red Bank, New Jersey

Fair Trade Red Bank is a community based organization created to promote the principles of fair trade to the greater Red Bank area and educate the public about the positive impacts of conscious consumerism. Fair Trade allows artisans, farmers, and workers from around the world to earn a sustainable income and have a better opportunity […]

Princeton, New Jersey

Fair Trade Princeton was founded by Camila Tellez and Yamile Slebi to raise awareness in the Princeton community about the fair trade movement. As native Colombians they know first hand the huge impact for indigenous farmers fair trade products have. Please join us! Email [email protected] email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript to […]

Pasadena, California

On January 14th, 2013 Pasadena was declared a Fair Trade Town and passed the resolution stating that as a city and community, we support and use our purchasing power to uphold the standards of Fair Trade. This was the final step in our 3 year long campaign to become a Fair Trade City. As a […]

Overland Park, Kansas

Fair Trade Overland Park invites consumers, businesses, organizations and faith-based communities to make socially-conscious buying decisions. We support equitable and sustainable trade, both locally and globally, for farmers who grow our food and artisans who produce our goods.

Northampton, Massachusetts

In 2007 Pioneer Valley Local First joined the Northampton Fair Trade Coalition and played a key role in helping Northampton become the 6TH Fair Trade Town in the country. We look forward to continuing to promote Fair Trade Products at local businesses here in the Pioneer Valley. Now we are helping to create and partner […]

Norman, Oklahoma

Norman Fair Trade is an action group dedicated to promoting Fair Trade in Norman, Oklahoma. We aim to raise awareness and increase the availability and demand for Fair Trade products by actively collaborating with local businesses, student organizations, faculty and staff associations, farmers, faith-based organizations, social and environmental justice groups, community leaders, and City Council […]