What is Fair Trade?
 Fair Trade is a principle based on social and economic justice for all the people of the world.
Fair Trade means ensuring that a worker is compensated fairly for his/her labor, talent, and time.
Fair Trade means safe, decent working conditions with rights for the workers.
Fair Trade means respect for an individual’s culture.
Why should it matter to you?
If you care about people it should matter to you.
By receiving a fair price for their labors and products, fair trade producers can provide adequate food and shelter for their families and their children can go to school instead of work. Fair Trade empowers communities by providing a means by which they can meet their own healthcare needs
If you care about protecting the Earth’s resources it should matter to you.
Most certified Fair Trade coffee, tea, and chocolate in the U.S. is certified organic. Organic farming protects the earth and all the creatures living on it from the devastating effects of pesticides and chemical fertilizers.
If you care about quality it should matter to you.
By receiving a fair price for their products, fair trade producers can avoid cost cutting practices that would sacrifice quality.
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