In the World - Fair Trade
While we experience
hope in the many efforts
toward greater collaboration and peace-making
in the human community,
we see also that
expanding globalization
is widening the gap
between rich and poor.
– SSND Call to Transformation, 2002
In today's world economy, where profits rule and small-scale producers are left out of the bargaining process, farmers, craft producers, and other workers are often left without resources or hope for their future. Fair Trade helps exploited producers escape from this cycle and gives them a way to maintain their traditional lifestyles Fair Trade encompasses a range of goods, from agricultural products from the global South like coffee, chocolate, tea, and bananas, to handcrafts like clothing, household items, and decorative arts. What You Can Do? Continue to learn more
about the global economy
and plight of many farmers in the US and in other countries. Click here for our Fair Trade Times Newsletter Additional information on Fair Trade |
