Fair Trade Resource Network
FTRN fills a critical role in building the Fair Trade Movement. It is the only non-profit organization in the United States which focuses exclusively on Fair Trade education and is uniquely placed to enhance dialogue and collaboration among individuals and organizations working in Fair Trade. By developing stronger tools for educating consumers around the country and facilitating coordinated action within the movement, FTRN is working to stimulate real change in today's global economy.
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Advocates agree: Fair Trade generates a disproportionate benefit for low-income women. Sixty percent of the world’s 550 million working poor are women,...
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Some trace the alternative trade movement to late-19th-century Italy and the United Kingdom, when cooperatives began building an integrated economy from production to retail outlet....
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Those who patronize Fair Trade businesses and help spread concepts of social justice enjoy their own benefits: ? Access to high-quality crafts and agricultural products; ? A venue for sharing...
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Fair Traders aim to benefit those on the short end of the trade equation, not to maximize short-term financial returns to stockholders in developed regions. Though all Fair Trade...
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Fair Trade, or alternative trade, refers to the direct exchange of goods based on principles of economic and social justice. Fair Trade empowers low-income artisans and farmers around the globe to...
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