You might not know it from its generally low price tag, but chocolate has a host of production issues, from child labor on cacao farms to issues with deforestation. Chocolate isn’t alone in this ...

Equal Exchange is one of the largest purveyor of fairly traded food and beverage in the country. We asked them to explain their "Fair Trade" model. If you’ve been shopping at local co-ops like Weaver ...

Calafi is a freelance writer and author of the book “All Things Coffee” and an upcoming children’s book titled “Hazel and Her Sun.” She lives in Newport Beach. If you’re like most people in this ...

Using a combination of social psychology and economic models, a new UK study shows fair trade product sales increased in popularity during an economic downturn while organic product sales dropped, ...

The Canadian Fair Trade Network (CFTN), a non-profit organization that works with civil society and industry stakeholders to advance awareness and support for fair trade in Canada, has teamed up with ...

To increase a product’s appeal to consumers, food manufacturers place food certification labels on the front of their packaging - concerned with environmental, animal welfare, or fair trade, and ‘free ...

You’ve probably come across the “Fair Trade Certified” logo while browsing the grocery store aisles — and if you’re like most shoppers, you probably aren’t quite sure what it means.U.S. consumers ...

; ;While Earley doesn’t have the fair-trade certified logo on his coffee, his business is the textbook definition of fair-trade practice. Under the auspices of Cooperative Coffees, Just Coffee offers ...

At a 2007 craft fair in Seattle, I found a vendor selling olive oil from the Holy Land that he called “fair trade” Peace Oil. I asked why the label on his bottles carried no service mark certifying ...

The US advertising watchdog has recommended that local certification body Fair Trade USA (FTUSA) should provide additional information to consumers. NARB, the organisation which coordinates and ...

The fair-trade label was created decades ago to help artisans in developing nations. Now, there are fair-trade soccer balls, fair-trade soaps and fair-trade ice pops. Next up for the movement: the ...