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Kowalski’s Uptown Market & Wine Shop,

About Us Our markets were created out of our family’s love and passion for delicious, healthy foods and inspired by families looking for a place where they’d love to shop and be proud to call their own. The flow of our markets is designed to be easy and convenient. The environment is relaxed and well […]

Peet’s Coffee

Peet’s Coffee is fair trade certified.

Fair Trade Vanilla

Fair trade vanilla used in the UConn Dairy Bar’s ice cream.

Honest Tea

Includes Fair Trade Certified tea leaves and sugar.

Toms of Maine bar soap

Fair Trade Certified coconut oil is used in their bar soaps.

KIND Bark

Includes fair trade certified chocolate.

LARABAR

Energy bar that contains fair trade certified chocolate.

Cindy.lewis

Seward Community Co-op – Franklin Store, Minneapolis

Seward Community Co-op opened in 1972 on the corner of 22nd and Franklin avenues, with a core group of volunteers and a small selection of primarily Bulk products. With steady growth through the mid-1990s, Seward Co-op built a new store at 2111 E. Franklin Ave., which was opened in 1998. In 2005, the co-op planned […]

Aldi, at 2100 East Lake St. in Minneapolis

Shop differentli. A faster, easier, and smarter way to save money on high-quality groceries and more. ALDI, one of America’s favorite grocers, operates more than 1,900 stores in 36 states. We take a simple, cost-effective approach to grocery shopping that saves shoppers on their grocery bills. In fact, smart shoppers have found that switching from […]

Tare Market, 2717 E 38th St, Minneapolis

Welcome to Minnesota’s first zero waste shop! Local. Sustainable. Package Free. A package free and (re)fill shop. At Tare Market, our goal is to provide eco-friendly products and educational resources that will help you live a more sustainable, zero waste lifestyle! Our mission: At Tare Market, we want to make sustainable living convenient and accessible […]

Vacation Bible School- Fair Trade chocolates were sent home with families to use as a snack activity for VBS along with a description of fair trade and link for them to learn more and purchase their own fair trade products.

Munson’s Chocolate Bars

UConn Munson’s chocolate bars contain fair trade certified cocoa.

Jake McCulloch

University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Fair Trade University campaign at the University of Wisconsin–Madison aims to critically assess our role as a global consumer. Are we ethical consumers within our campus community? How are we teaching the importance of conscious consumerism to our students and campus visitors? How is our activity in the global market affecting lives around the […]