Fair Trade Products

fair trade
Dubbed “Conscious Consumerism,” fair trade is about paying fair wages , providing safe labor environments, creating environmental sustainability and ensuring that the products are Fair Trade Certified.  Learn More

child slavery
Due to unimaginable circumstance there are 284,000 child slaves on the Cocoa plantations on the West Coast of Africa.

“I was reading the 2007 Trafficking in Persons report and it hit me. I can eat chocolate every day because it is so cheap, but suddenly the “price” was measured in the bruises and scars of voiceless children. One child’s picture showed the scars on the soles of his feet, evidence of his master’s punishment designed to teach him not to run away again.”

“It seemed hopeless; I couldn’t do anything from the other side of the world. But I could VOTE AT THE CASH REGISTER; I could buy chocolate that I knew was made without slave labor. I could by Fair Trade Certified.”
sandra morgan, founder

Where to buy fair trade products

chocolate

Trader Joe’s
Dark and Milk Chocolate in orange packaging
http://www.traderjoes.com

Green and Black’s Chocolate
Mayan Gold Bar
http://www.greenandblacks.com/us/from-bean-to-bar/fair-trade.html

Divine Chocolate
http://divinechocolateusa.com/

Rapunzel Chocolate Company
http://www.rapunzel.com/index.html

Shaman Chocolates
http://www.shamanchocolates.com/home.html

coffee

Dean’s Beans – Coffee and Sugar
http://www.deansbeans.com/coffee/index.html

Peet’s Coffee—Fair Trade Blend
http://www.peets.com/shop/coffee_detail.asp?id=374&cid=1000131

Co-op America:
http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/fairtrade/products/wheretobuy.cfm
http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/responsibleshopper/

sugar

Whole Foods Market
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com

Harvest Co-op Markets
http://www.harvestcoop.com

fair trade resource guide

http://www.coopamerica.org/PDF/GuideFairTrade.pdf
http://www.transfairusa.org/

For a more complete list of Fair Trade Stores, please visit TransfairUSA’s website at:
http://www.transfairusa.org/content/WhereToBuy/

The Cocoa Protocol: Success or Failure?
http://www.laborrights.org/sites/default/files/publications-and-resources/Cocoa%20Protocol%20Success%20or%20Failure%20June%202008.pdf