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Business Spotlight: Numi Tea
February 28, 2012By Guest Blogger: Tisha Winters Numi Organic Tea is a premium tea purveyor that blends organic teas and herbs with only 100% real ingredients, allowing nature to speak for itself. In the earlier years of Numi, not many SKUs were Fair Trade Certified. Fast forward and Numi is the largest brand purchaser of Fair Trade […]
Organizer Spotlight: Ryan Midden, Fair Trade Boston
February 14, 2012Ryan offers pointers for reaching out to your local Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop My name is Ryan Midden and I am the General Manager for Ben & Jerry’s Boston. I am also a proud member of the Fair Trade Boston & Fair Trade Cambridge campaigns. Our coalition declared Boston a Fair Trade Town […]
February‘s National Conference Call: Fund Raising & Your Campaign
February 10, 2012Local organizers will shed some knowledge about Event Fund Raising, Membership Programs & Small Grants Join the call! Date: Wednesday, February 15th, 2011 Time: 5:00 p.m. PST/8:00 p.m. EST 605-475-6333 Call-in Number: 605-475-6333 Participant Code: 884663# Have you been spending weekend hours volunteering at local events; dropping personal income on promotional materials; organizing events that […]
Valentine’s Day Guides: Fair Trade Pointers from Cupid’s Arrow
February 3, 2012The ‘Pink and white’ holiday sparsely sprinkles the shelves until…BAM, New Years is over and Valentine’s Day hits everyone upside the head. Reminder folks: show some affection or prepare to spend the evening situated with reality, no chocolate or flowers unless you buy it for yourself. Despite loving that special person (or yourself) so much, […]
Campaign Spotlight: Princeton, New Jersey
January 31, 2012Camila Tellez, 14, of Princeton Township started the campaign. She was captivated by the notion that Fair Trade is not a donation. It’s trade, not aid.
Bananas & Fair Trade Procurement
January 26, 2012It’s been just over two months since the delegation of 9 Fair Trade Town USA representatives returned from the lovely city of Malmo, Sweden where we attended the 5th International Fair Trade Towns Conference, and plans have transpired.
The Fair Trade Certified Logo Gets a Makeover
January 18, 2012Fair Trade USA Unveils Redesigned Certification Label By: Fair Trade USA Fair Trade USA has launched the new label for Fair Trade Certified products. See their post below announcing it, and its variations! . Well hello !I’m the newly-redesigned Fair Trade Certified label. Check me out with my more modern rounded edges and shades of […]
Change Comes from the People: 1070 Fair Trade Towns and Counting
November 26, 2011For eleven years and running, Fair Trade Towns have been the driving force behind consumer citizenship; starting with Garstang, U.K. in 2000, Media, PA in 2006, and leading us into 2012 with over 1,070 towns in 23 countries across 6 continents.
Customizable Materials Now Available for Fair Trade Towns!
November 9, 2011Have you wanted window clings and brochures for your campaign, but found trouble when designing them? Elevate your campaign by tailoring the new Fair Trade Towns brochure, window cling, poster (available soon), table tent and stock-it card to highlight your community.
A Women Who Changed the Rules: A Recap of Maria Isabel’s Road Trip
October 28, 2011“When I finish life I am going to be remembered by the things that I do, not by the things that I have.” – Maria Isabel Balbuena
Fair Trade USA Goes Digital with the Fair Trade Finder App
October 3, 2011Supporting farmers and workers around the world just got a whole lot easier! The Fair Trade Finder Good news: There are now more than 10,000 Fair Trade Certified products available in the United States, and finding those products in stores near you just got a whole lot easier! The Fair Trade Finder is an application […]
Fair Trade Towns & Universities National Conference Recap
September 17, 2011250 organizers from 80 campaigns in over 26 states, and countries as far as New Zealand!
Conference Spotlight: Catholic Relief Services
August 11, 2011At its core, Fair Trade is about building relationships—between consumers, producers, businesses—and what better place to build relationships than in your own hometown?
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 […]
Fair Trade Face-to-Face
April 14, 2010Next Monday, April 19th, a unique and exciting event is making its way to our office in Oakland, CA, and you’re invited to attend from the comfort of your home or office! We will host five coffee producers from Africa and Latin America for a live a live USTREAM broadcast. They will talk about how […]
Divine News for Cocoa Farmers in Sierra Leone
February 14, 2010Divine Chocolate, the pioneering social enterprise co-owned by the Kuapa Kokoo Farmers Cooperative in Ghana, has announced that, for the first time, chocolate lovers can enjoy premium Fair Trade Certified cocoa from Sierra Leone in all of Divine’s chocolate delights. This exciting move is the result of many years of hard work by the cocoa […]
Help Make FT Month Even Better
December 7, 2009In an effort to build on the success of what was the most successful Fair Trade Month ever, please complete the Fair Trade Month 2009 Survey. Hearing from you about your experience with the activities and support provided from the sponsoring organizations will go a long way to growing the celebration of Fair Trade and […]
Celebrate Fair Trade Month!
October 7, 2009By Jamie Guzzi 31 Days, 31 Ways to Make a Difference October is Fair Trade Month and what better time to kick off your town’s campaign for Fair Trade. Throughout the month of October, retailers, activists, teachers, churches, cafes, restaurants and folks like you and me will be celebrating Fair Trade by hosting educational events […]