Celebrate World Fair Trade Day

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Photo Courtesy FLO International
This Sri Lanka tea picker will receive a fair market value for her work.

Celebrate World Fair Trade Day, May 8, by sipping a cup of fair trade, shade-grown, organic coffee; snacking on a fair trade banana; or decorating with fair trade handcrafts from around the world. When you buy a certified fair trade product, you promote worker justice and environmental sustainability. Fair trade certification guarantees that farmers and artisans receive fair prices for their products, money that helps communities combat drug crop cultivation and create medical facilities, schools, and clean water.

“Fair Trade guarantees farmers $1.26 per pound of coffee– enough to feed their families and send their kids to school instead of into the fields.” —Martin Sheen, actor, activist, coffee drinker

  • Published on May 1, 2004
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