Welcome to the 5th issue of For A Better World. This issue’s cover featuring FWP’s Just Economy map shows the important
groups striving to create a just economy: small scale artisan and farmer
groups in the developing world seeking fairness in trade; workers in
the global apparel industry organizing for better wages and working
conditions; and farmers and agricultural workers in the North and South
seeking economic fairness at home.
Welcome to the 5th issue of For A Better World. This issue’s cover featuring FWP’s Just Economy map shows the important
groups striving to create a just economy: small scale artisan and farmer
groups in the developing world seeking fairness in trade; workers in
the global apparel industry organizing for better wages and working
conditions; and farmers and agricultural workers in the North and South
seeking economic fairness at home.
Welcome to the fourth issue of For A Better World. Fair trade is at a critical crossroads and this edition’s cover reflects the challenges and opportunities in the fair trade movement and marketplace. Small farmers, large corporations, certifiers, cooperatives, Alternative Trading Organizations (ATOs), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), student groups and other fair trade stakeholders are trying and vying to define and redefine fair trade.
In this edition contributing authors address the true cost of bananas, fair trade quinoa production, the challenges of certifying fair trade crafts, organic fair trade alcohol production in Ecuador, unpacking major fair trade certifiers, and the domestic fair trade experience of Swanton Berry Farm. To a day when all trade is fair.
In this edition contributing authors write about; fair versus conventional “free” trade; different fair trade craft production models to support artisans; vertically certifying fair trade apparel production from farm to factory in Central and North America; communityempowerment in Africa through fair trade Shea Butter production; the tragedy of the chocolate industry versus righteous chocolatiers; and who and what fair trade is for and about. To a day when all trade is fair.
What do consumers expect when we pick up a bottle of iced tea, drink a cup of coffee, eat a chocolate bar, use a bar of soap or buy a handicraft that claims to be “fair trade?” What is our money really doing? With new fair trade certifiers joining the movement, seasoned certifiers enabling unjustified fair trade claims and “fairwashing” practices becoming common, we intend to discuss and dissect:
