Fair Trade Los Angeles

Fair trade demands equality, respect, and sustainability at all levels of society.

How Fair Trade benefits:

Producers

• Empowers producers as stakeholders in their own organization,
• Empowers producers to achieve greater equity in international trade,
• Provides social and environmental standards for production,
• Ensures healthy living conditions and safe working environments
• Establishes a fair price for products
• Provides economic security and  self-sufficiency
• Provides a steady market for handicrafts, coffee, cocoa, sugar,  tea, bananas, honey, cotton, wine, fresh fruit, chocolate and flowers

Consumers

• Provides access to quality agricultural and artisan items, often  not available in our own hemisphere
• Allows the consumer to support social and economic justice with his or her pocketbook.
• Provides a wide selection of arts  and crafts which enhance our lives and increase our appreciation of other cultures

Global Community

• Provides a model for long-term trade relationships, which can generate revenue to provide health clinics, education, and other services
• Provides entrepreneurial education and opportunity, to formerly disadvantaged producers.
• Encourages environmentally sustainable practices in farming and use of natural resources.

For more information:

Check out these Organizations to learn about national and international fair trade initiatives or to get involved with the fair trade movement.

Catholic Relief Services – Fair Trade

Fair Trade Federation

Fair Trade Resource Network

TransFair USA

World Fair Trade Organization