October 1st is marked as International Coffee Day around the globe. This year has been a rough one for many […]
Anna Canning manages campaigns for Fair World Project, where she co-edits and coordinates the biannual For A Better World magazine and runs the annual World Fair Trade Day retailer program. She has nearly 15 years of experience all along the supply chain working for companies that are leaders in the movement for authentic fair trade in the natural foods industry.
Cheap bananas have a high cost. In Ecuador, small-scale farmers are taking on the titans of industry, Dole and Chiquita, to show what it takes to create a truly fair banana.
The Amazon rainforest is burning at a record rate. It’s been burning for a month and making news here in […]
“Fair Trade Helps Farmers, But Not Their Hired Workers.” That was the headline of a much-circulated article a few weeks […]
Fair Trade USA has rolled out plans to pilot a fair trade dairy standard with Chobani on farms in New […]
Fair Trade Denim. It sounds good, right? The press certainly thought so when J. Crew and Madewell launched their collections […]
Fast fashion has deadly consequences. Time and again, sweatshop accidents around the globe kill and injure workers as they crank […]
Brazilian labor inspectors have found slave labor on plantations where Starbucks buys coffee. And not just any plantations, but ones that have been “certified” to their C.A.F.E. Practices standards. […]
“We cannot live on $0.90 per pound.” That’s the message that the coffee farmers behind SPP Global sent to the […]
