Lead for Change Blog

Fairtrade & the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

October 16, 2022

Fairtrade is closely linked with 12 of the 17 SDGs!

Student Sustainability Coalition Discord

June 22, 2022

The Student Sustainability Coalition serves as a multidisciplinary hub for clubs and organizations that address sustainability, so that general body members become aware of all the different opportunities to get involved with sustainability on campus. They are currently helping lead programming for events relating to Fair Trade. You can learn more about Fair Trade related […]

A Fairer Future for All Means Gender Equality Now

March 21, 2022

Women farmers make up the backbone of global agriculture. Fairtrade is ensuring they have a path to empowerment. Women have long been the backbone of our planet’s agricultural production. The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that women today make up 60 to 80 percent of the farmers present in non-industrialized countries and […]

Fairtrade America: Minneapolis mural featuring Johnny, a banana farmer

March 7, 2022

Fairtrade America is thrilled to share the story of Johnny Gabriel Navas Aquim, a banana farmer from Ecuador, through the artwork of Reggie LeFlore in collaboration with the Twin Cities Co-op Partners’ (TCCP) Wedge Co-op in Minneapolis! This mural is located at the Wedge Co-op, 2105 Lyndale Ave South, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55405. There are a […]

Public Policies on Fair Trade – in Brazil, Belgium, Ecuador, the European Union, France, Italy, & beyond

January 5, 2022

The study, from November 2021, presents six case studies: Brazil, Belgium, Ecuador, the European Union, France and Italy, and includes snapshots on Tanzania and Sri Lanka – two emerging cases from Africa and Asia that show potential for further development. Page 32 – the Fair Trade Campaign in Belgium could inspire Fair Trade Towns in […]