Fair Trade
Collection by Harvest Market • Last updated 5 weeks ago
At Harvest Market, offering fair trade products is an important choice. By purchasing fair trade goods, you can ensure that the farmers who grow the beans for your first cup of coffee in the morning and your last bite of chocolate in the evening are receiving a fair, livable wage for the labor and care they put into supplying the products we know and love. Currently, we carry an array of certified fair trade chocolates, coffees, teas, sugars, personal care items, specialty foods and produce.
Farmer Protests In India: A Movement for Democratic Control of the Food System - The Equal Exchange Blog
The largest protest in human history has coalesced in India around the passing of three new agrarian bills that farmers fear will devastate their livelihoods.
Why Fair Trade Chocolate Matters
Why Fair Trade Chocolate Matters
The Many vs. The Mighty: A Story of Small-Scale Banana Farmers
Cheap bananas have a high cost. In Ecuador, small-scale farmers are taking on Dole and Chiquita to show what it takes to create a truly fair banana.
Produce Chief Sees the Appeal of Fair Trade Bananas After Trip
Produce Chief Sees the Appeal of Fair Trade Bananas After Trip | Weavers Way Co-op
Fair Trade Holiday Recipes!
Fact: There's more Fair Trade Certified produce on store shelves during the holidays than any other time of the year.
Bean-to-bar chocolate making is a balancing act in Arden, Delaware
Bean-to-bar chocolate making is a balancing act in Arden, Delaware
Fair Trade Month Giveaway - Fair Trade Federation
Join us in celebrating Fair Trade Month by entering our giveaway for a chance to win a fair trade gift basket! We are excited to partner this year with Fair World Project, a non-profit that supports fair trade policies through consumer education and advocacy for small-scale farmers, artisans, and workers. See below for entry and prize …
11 Ways FTF Enterprises Are Creating Opportunities for Producers ~ Fair Trade Federation
11 Ways FTF Enterprises Are Creating Opportunities for Producers ~ Fair Trade Federation
Celebrate Fair Trade Month ~ Fair Trade Federation
October is Fair Trade Month! Fair Trade Month raises awareness about the importance of the fair trade movement to our global economy and promotes buying from businesses that are committed to fair trade in place of those which may harm the environment, the economy, communities, and disadvantaged individuals. What can I do? Educate & spread […]
It's International Coffee Day and There's a Crisis Brewing
Connecting the Dots between Unchecked Capitalism, the Climate Crisis and Forced Migration
Millennials boost Fair Trade label sales
A recent study shows that consumers, especially millennials, are willing to pay more for ethically made products.
The Corniest, Cheesiest Food and Farm Jokes on the Internet
The World Wide Web offers a wide world of wittiness, from eye roll-inducing dad jokes to lowbrow smut. And within the Google-verse is more food- and farm-themed humor than you might imagine. Here’s our curated selection of those that tickled the Modern Farmer funny bone. Why do cows have hooves instead of feet? Because they lactose. (AgDaily) How did the organic vegetable die? Natural causes. (Upjoke) I witnessed one of my students pick up a calf’s tail and immediately kiss the calf directly…
Confronting the Crisis in Coffee
In coffee communities around the world, there is a consensus that a crisis isn’t coming — it’s already here.
Chocolate Unwrapped
The Chocolate Unwrapped infographic helps consumers to identify the problems in chocolate supply chains and participate in fair trade solutions for small-scale cocoa farmers.
Unfair Fruit: The Multinational Corporations Driving Migration
Honduran workers are confronting Fyffes, the multinational corporation that has long used their labor but never respected their rights.
Reference Guide to Fair Trade and Worker Justice Certifications
Many labels appear on products you eat, wear, and use. But not all labels are created equal. This reference guide grades Fair Trade Labels on the analysis conducted in the International Guide to Fair Trade labels