A look at how you can impact people all over the world through your spending power. Fair Trade is about the people who make the products. Fair Trade products are a bridge to economic freedom. Fair Trade is you.
1. To make purchasing Fair Trade artisan products easy for consumers—primarily through bringing Fair Trade options to the mainstream retail market
2. To help the communities and artisans that create these beautiful products by:
- paying a fair wage in the local context
- ensuring healthy and safe working conditions within the local context
- building long-term trade relationships
- encouraging environmentally sustainable practices
- providing financial and technical assistance to producers whenever possible
3. To educate consumers about the benefits of purchasing fair trade products a good beginning
