“Fair Trade Helps Farmers, But Not Their Hired Workers.” That was the headline of a much-circulated article a few weeks […]
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. […]
In Washington state, one migrant farmworker organization is working to put an end to the exploitation of farmworkers […]
Shareholder capitalism has consumed our economy, creating an epidemic of inequality. Fair trade companies offer a different way to do business – and thrive […]
Fyffes, the billion-dollar fruit company, was just kicked out of the Ethical Trading Initiative, marking another victory—sort of. Farmworkers on […]
March 8th is International Women’s Day. It’s a day for celebrating the contributions of women to our world, and a […]
On December 14th, Fair Trade USA announced the decertification of Fyffes’ Honduran melon operation, Suragroh. Fair World Project and the International […]
