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Have a Fair Trade Mother’s Day
April 4, 2011Our good friends at Trade As One are running a great program to Fair Trade your Mother’s Day with the places of worship in your community. See the program outlined below and check out their website for more details. The Idea To help your congregation purchase meaningful gifts for the important women in their lives […]
Have a Divine International Women’s Day!
February 13, 2011By Guest Blogger Amanda White of Divine Chocolate USA March 8, 2011 marks International Women’s Day and in honor of the occasion, Divine Chocolate is celebrating the incredible women cocoa farmers of Kuapa Kokoo. We’re working with the Fair Trade community around the country to offer an exciting opportunity to support our women farmers while […]
Fair Trade Firsthand: Fair Trade Towns Leaders Go to Origin
February 11, 2011Last week a delegation of volunteers from Fair Trade Towns throughout the United States got to see the effects of their hard work firsthand on a Global Exchange reality tour of Fair Trade cooperatives in Costa Rica. Why Costa Rica? Well, it just so happens that Costa Rica is home to the first Fair Trade […]
Emma Willard – The 1st FT High School in the USA!
December 22, 2010We are thrilled to celebrate the accomplishment that the students and faculty at the Emma Willard School have achieved. Fair Trade Towns is proud to part of the group that established the criteria for both Fair Trade Schools and Universities. Below is a post from one of the student-leaders who brought this vision to fruition. […]
Shop Fair, Give Fair Challenge
December 15, 2010By Guest Blogger: Carmen Iezzi We all know that the holidays are a time for reconnecting with family and friends. They are also a time to connect with our global community. When you support Fair Trade, you become part of a network of people dedicated to facilitating change for disadvantaged artisans and farmers. As a […]
Reflections from the 4th International Fair Trade Towns Conference
December 12, 2010By National Coordinator, Billy Linstead Goldsmith Having the opportunity to travel to the 4th International Fair Trade Towns Conference in Germany was an energizing and inspiring opportunity. Although it was my first, the connection of shared vision and common work made it feel like I had been in attendance at all of them. It is […]
Teaneck, NJ FT Town #21 Puts Jersey Back on Top!
October 22, 2010By Guest Blogger Dennis Klein A visit to a local florist 18 months ago aroused my interest in Fair Trade, but it was the conversation with the proprietor that impressed me most. We both recognized our common commitment to thinking globally and acting locally – in retrospect, the seed of a nascent collaboration. We started […]
Announcing FT Towns Small Grants!
September 30, 2010We are thrilled to announce the first ever Fair Trade Towns Small Grants program! Our goal is to provide organizers with much needed resources for building capacity, diversifying their outreach, and ensuring the long term health and viability of the campaign. There will be three levels of grants available and we ask that anyone planning […]
Berkeley & Boston, FT Towns Numbers 19 & 20!
August 23, 2010From Guest Bloggers Lauren Van Ham & Savanah Eichfeld The momentum continues to grow across the country for Fair Trade Towns USA. Berkeley and Boston continue generating exciting movement forward by becoming the 19th and 20th Fair Trade Towns in the USA. The following come from lead organizers from the two campaigns. Please join us […]
Conway, MA Becomes the 18th FT Town!
July 8, 2010By Guest Blogger Tom Spiro Residents of the Town of Conway became aware early in 2010 of the effort by Fair Trade towns USA to help cities and towns across the country become Fair Trade Towns. Conway Town officials decided to join the movement and ask the citizens and businesses of their local municipality to […]
Support from Mankato, MN FTT to Farmers in Haiti
July 2, 2010This year’s World Fair Trade Day took on new meaning for the organizers of the Mankato Area Fair Trade Town Initiative and for farmers in Haiti recovering from the devastating earthquake in January. For their World Fair Trade Day event, MAFTTI organized five local coffee shops to serve Fair Trade Certified coffee and donated a […]
Norman, OK – Fair Trade Town #17!!!
May 19, 2010By Guest Blogger Gene Perry Norman’s achievement of Fair Trade Town status is the result of a two year campaign by Norman Fair Trade. NFT is a volunteer group including Norman citizens of all ages and backgrounds, from retirees to high school and middle school students. They teamed up with local businesses and community groups, […]
Madison, WI Becomes the 1st Fair Trade State Capital!
May 9, 2010By Guest Blogger Erica Symonds One of the most progressive cities in the country, Madison, WI is now the 16th Fair Trade City in the U.S. and the first state capital to achieve this status. Madison’s Fair Trade Town campaign is also the first to be spearheaded by a student organization, which is the Fair […]
2011 Fair Trade Calendar Photo Contest!
May 8, 2010Our friends at the Fair Trade Resource Network have invited all of us to participate in their second annual Fair Trade Calendar Photo contest! For the second year in a row, working with the Fair Trade Federation, FTRN is working hard to spread the word about Fair Trade and to help grow awareness of Fair […]
Mapping the Movement
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Announcing ‘City Delegation’ Rates for the FT Futures Conference!
May 5, 2010One of the main goals of the Fair Trade Futures conference is to empower attendees to engage in community efforts to grow awareness of the Fair Trade movement in their hometowns. To this end, we are excited to rally City Delegations to attend. City Delegations are a way to build community before, after, and during […]
Red Bank Gives NJ the most FT Towns of Any State!
April 20, 2010By Guest Blogger Dalaiah Kusner When the Red Bank Ten Thousand Villages manager first came across the idea of a Fair Trade Town, she realized that Red Bank would be an ideal place to have a campaign. To start, the town already had a school, a church, and at least one business fully supporting Fair […]
e-Taste & Be Fair: Green Mountain Coffee Tasting
April 14, 2010You are invited to join a special coffee tasting in honor of World Fair Trade Day. Join Lindsey Bolger, Director of Coffee Sourcing and Relationships, as she brews and tastes our limited edition Spring Revival™ Blend. Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010 Time: 6:00 – 6:30 PM EST Location: We’ll be live broadcasting via USTREAM (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/e-tasting-green-mountain-coffee-s-spring-revival-blend) […]