Mission: To Promote Justice and Health in Production and Consumption.
Organic: Food grown or raised using natural, sustainable practices.
Fair Trade: Products made in safe conditions by fairly paid workers.
Organic Fair Trade: The possibility of a better world.
I am still doing a lot of research, so my page will always be updating. If you have any news or facts about Fair Trade or on anything that will enlighten people about the world around them, please share.
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Underneath is a list of suppliers of Organic Fair Trade.
"After spending over 18 years in the gourmet coffee industry, I believe I have found the perfect combination of the finest certified fair trade organic coffees and the ultimate roasting process. We utilize a Northern German style of roasting that involves “smoking” and then air-cooling the beans at the end of the roast. This “smoking” step, allows the beans to linger in their own aroma, recapturing much of the flavor and aroma released during the roasting."
"We use only organic cotton fabric and pure natural wool batting from domestic sheep raised in the USA. At Holy Lamb Organics we use sustainable practices and ecological principals to produce our products and are a zero waste natural bedding company."
Natural Zing "We specialize in raw foods, living food, vegan food, organic foods and other products to promote health, including personal care, juicers and kitchen equipment. Our products and resources meet the needs of various dietary and lifestyle choice."
"The popularity of Yerba Mate is growing rapidly world wide simply because it feels good and is good for you. Here you will find high quality products from Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay at sensible prices with fast service and low shipping rates. We feature products from Las Marias the world's only certified yerba mate producer."
"Organic Bouquet has quickly become the market leader in organic flowers and is recognized in the trade as having established the natural products industry's newest category--organic floral."
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SOME GOOD TRADE LINKS TO CHECK OUT
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Adbusters - Provocative site with an anti-globalization, anti-corporate message. Superb graphic design define the site, making it a must-see regardless of your position on free trade.
The Economics and Trade Unit of UNEP aims to enhance understanding of the environmental, social and economic impacts of trade liberalization. Their website keeps you up to date on their activities, news, and events.
FTAA FAQ - Articles and a primer on the trade agreement, the Summit of the Americas protests, and the anti-globalization movement.
The Center for Trade Policy Studies - The mission of the Cato Institute Center for Trade Policy Studies is to increase public understanding of the benefits of free trade and the costs of protectionism. Come here for arguments supporting free trade as the solution to environmental problems.
The Global Environment & Trade Study (GETS) seeks to provide better analytical underpinnings for the "trade and environment" debate. Browse the extensive collection of documents discussing trade, environment, and social justice issues.
Global Exchange - Excellent site devoted to fair trade covers a wide range of topics. Find information on globalization, fair trade and human rights.
The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development contributes to a better understanding of development and environment concerns in the context of international trade. To that end, you'll find a dialogue section, and an online document search service.
The Official World Bank homepage - Consortium of five autonomous agencies provides loans, advice, and an array of customized resources for developing countries and countries in transition.
..Real World Bank is an initiative of a group of researchers, NGOs, web developers, and film-makers. It aims to promote a diverse range of views about development issues, particularly those of the people most affected by dominant economic models and excluded from discussions about them.
The Sierra Club's trade campaign - Find out how you can help in the battle to replace "free trade" with trade that is clean, green, and fair.
Tradewatch - News, analysis and resources from site critical of globalization, and free-trade policies it contends are anti-democratic because they take away rights of nations, regions and citizens. Section of Public Citizen website, a public-interest group founded by Ralph Nader.
U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice is a coalition of over 200 U.S. grassroots, women's, solidarity, faith-based, policy, social - and economic- justice, youth, labor and development organizations dedicated to the profound transformation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
West Coast Environmental Law provides this helpful breakdown of the World Trade Organization as a guide for environmentalists.
The Western Hemispheric Trade Information Center's objective provides an electronic repository of full text documents from select publications, covering trade and commerce information in regard to NAFTA, and Central and South America.
World Trade Organization - The official homepage. Find their latest news, plus archived legal texts and over 100,000 official documents produced by or for the WTO's councils, committees, working groups, etc.
WTOWatch.org focuses its highly critical eye on the actions of the World Trade Organizations. If you're looking for a good skeptic's perspective on the latest trade news, this is the place to find it.
This profile is directly linked to my family's website Organic Fair Trade
The following information is from OFT's blog.
Organic Fair Trade grew from the idea that making a living for our family, and making the world a better place could be one in the same.
We felt that the only way to counteract the negative relationships in the world, such as those between poor producers and rich consumers, was to promote our own vision of loving relationships. We wished for everything in our home to be either fair trade, organic, or both. But this seemed impossible as the products were either not available where we lived, or were too expensive.
We knew that this would only change if we ourselves began to devote our energies toward increasing quality in our world—quality of lives, as well as quality of products. So beginning in March of 2006, we began forming relationships with others who shared our vision of a peaceful, healthy, and equitable world.
We know that these industries are under great pressure by economic forces, large companies who wish to minimize cost and capture their share of this lucrative market. Primarily young teenage women across Latin America, Africa and Asia carry most of the burden, working long hours in usually unsafe conditions for less than minimal wages.
However, fair trade products are different in that they represent the work of small collectives of people who have voluntarily agreed to work with small importers in the United States, with the mutual guarantee of reasonable working conditions, good pay, investments in long term growth, and an honest, carefully produced product.
We are based in Lafayette, Louisiana, and are currently undergoing a transformation within our business. The products on our site are offered in respect to our former vendors and we hope that if you find something you would like to purchase you would check out the manufacturer page to order.
If you would like to get in touch, please visit us on the web at www.organc-fair-trade.com. We can also be reached by phone at (337) 255-3355 or by email at ohhoneypie@gmail.com.
Thank you for business, and thank you for supporting fair trade!
So why Fair Trade?
Fair trade is about all about quality: Quality of life, as well as quality of product.Fair trade is a response to the much-repeated political rhetoric about "free trade." "Free trade" is nothing more than a nice-sounding word used to conceal a reality that is anything but nice. Under "free trade," only the multi-national corporations are "free"--free to set up production abroad with little to no regard for environmental, safety or labor concerns. This is truly a "lose-lose" situation, for although consumers in higher income countries such as the US can buy goods cheaply, the real price is paid by the loss of domestic jobs as well as the erosion of communities abroad.
Fair trade embraces the idea of the exchange of products across borders. The difference is the emphasis upon equality within the exchange. Producers of fair trade clothing determine their own prices and working conditions. Consumers in high income countries still enjoy the benefit of the economic margin between the countries ($10 is, in fact, worth more in Mexico than it is in the United States) while supporting a more sustainable model of exchange and cooperation between countries.
The producers who set their own conditions take great pride in their work, which is why fair trade products is the highest possible quality. Because the makers of fair trade clothing and other products are paid more for each product, they can place greater emphasis upon quality rather than struggling to meet an unreasonably high production quota. Fair trade is truly a win-win situation. To learn more visit Organic Fair Trade.
Fair Trade is, as defined by the International Federation for Alternative Trade, a trading partnership based on dialogue, transparency and respect, that seeks greater equity in international trade. Basically, it is an alternative to international trade where both, producer and consumer, get what they want.
Fair Trade companies and organizations work directly with the farmers and producers of various foods, coffees, and other products to insure a fair price for the product being sold. The International Federation of Alternative Trade wrote that "the Fair Trade movement has itself the goal of improving the position of disadvantaged producers in developing countries. To achieve this, certain criteria have been and are being formulated which a product has to meet in order to be granted the right to use a specific label and be marketed".
Fair Trade labelling, as defined by the International Federation of Alternative Trade, is a brand designed to allow consumers to identify goods (especially agriculture products such as coffee) which meet agrees standards of fairness. Fair Trade or the trade justice movement is the fight for fairness for consumers and producers. Everybody BENEFITS!! It even benefits the environment which is taking a slow but definite detrimental turn for the worse.
There are thousands, if not more, families who are living in terrible conditions because the products that they produce aren't generating sufficient income and yet, the coffee that you may drink was grown in their backyard. Is that Fair? Is that right? Is that humane? Can something be done? All you have to do is choose a better life for yourself and others.
Who I'd like to meet: Check out some of the other profiles that are dedicated to Fair Trade. Scroll down to my friends list and just click on them.
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With an election right around the corner, why seek impeachment now? If we allow the President and Vice President to 'get away with it', we are openly saying that their type of conduct is permissible in future administrations. Any and all crimes committed by the President and Vice President must be put on the official record to create an historical account, to facilitate future pursuit of law enforcement activities concerning the crimes, to remind future Administrations to adhere to the law, and to avert another looming illegal war - this time against Iran. The Articles of Impeachment put the Administration's crimes officially on record and hold the individuals accountable under domestic and international law, even after they leave office.
Did you see fmr President Clinton on Martha Stewart today (9/12 I think it was a repeat) explaining about Fair Trade Coffee & why purchasing it is important? Cool!! Grandma Patsu
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