Every Fair Trade Certified product you bought in 2011 helped us deliver record impact to farmers & workers around the world.

With your help, let’s make 2012 another record year!

We’re giving away 12 bags of Fair Trade Certified Kopali Chocolate Banana! Click on the link below to see how to enter.

Even if you don’t win, this is a great time to stock up on these delicious treats! They are on sale for a limited time on Kopali’s website, and 100% of the profits will be donated to The Sylvia Center.

Did you know that Fair Trade provides educational opportunities for these kids in Honduras?

Are you as excited as we are about these delicious Fair Trade Certified cantaloupes & watermelons that help provide clean water & medical care to farmers?

(Available now at Whole Foods)

Happy World Fair Trade Day!

Thank you for supporting Fair Trade and for using your power as a consumer to help improve the lives of millions of people around the world!

Today (and every day) we celebrate the real Fair Trade soccer moms! You can help improve the lives of these women when you purchase soccer balls from Senda Athletics.

Did you know there were Fair Trade soccer balls?

http://sendaathletics.com/blog/

We’re giving away Fair Trade Certified tote bags full of chocolate, coffee, tea, and more! Whether you’re entering for yourself or plan to give the prize to mom, there are lots of ways for you to enter: http://fairtradeusa.org/blog/fair-trade-mothers-day-giveaway

Happy (almost) Mother’s Day!

Check out what makes Fair Trade Certified coffee so special in this video made by a student from the Vancouver Film School.

Reblog if you start your day with a cup of Fair Trade Certified coffee!

You can directly impact farming communities in Haiti when you buy Fair Trade Certified mangos from Whole Foods Market.

Only available for a short time each year, the Francique mango grows exclusively in Haiti and is the sweetest mango there is.

Watch this video to learn more.

We brought some flower farmers from Ecuador to SCAA to chat with coffee farmers about how Fair Trade has benefitted their communities. Discussion focused on how to improve Fair Trade in an effort to impact the lives of more farmers and farm workers.

Workers from the Hoja Verde & Agrogana flower estates in Ecuador answered questions all weekend about how their fellow workers democratically choose how to allocate their premiums and how their entire community has benefitted from Fair Trade.

“I feel so happy and proud to be at this event, sharing my story with the coffee industry.  Working for a Fair Trade Certified farm has greatly improved my working and living conditions. I hope that our experience serves as a powerful example for the coffee industry.” Maria Elvia Almachi, Agrogana Flower Farm, Ecuador

From pediatric care to micro-financing, these women have seen the benefits of Fair Trade Certification grow over the years and provided valuable insight into the long-term community development effects. The success of Fair Trade Certification for flower and tea estates inspired Fair Trade USA to introduce pilot programs for coffee farms.

Read more here: http://fairtradeusa.org/blog/scaa-2012