The following are some organizations promoting Fair Trade and economic justice around the world.
Global
Exchange is a non-profit organization working for human rights and Fair Trade issues.
Fair
Trade Federation lists producers, wholesalers, and retailers who adhere to Fair Trade principles.
Fair
Trade Resource Network is a great place to get info on how to get involved in the Fair Trade movement in your community.
Watch
this Frontline film "Guatamala/Mexico
- Coffee Country" about how Fair
Trade coffee benefits growers.
Join Oxfam's Fair Trade Campaign at http://www.maketradefair.com
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America puts out the yearly National
Green Pages which lists businesses that are committed to practices that are socially and environmentally responsible. To learn what each of us can personally do to to end sweatshops worldwide, check out their Guide to Ending Sweatshops.
Our two main suppliers are both nonprofit alternative trade organizations, whose goal is to help low-income artisans in developing regions by marketing their handcrafts: Ten
Thousand Villages and SERRV.
