What is Fair Trade?
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[Fair trade is a system that not only aims to pay fair wages, but also to support participatory workplaces; ensure environmental sustainability; supply financial and technical assistance; respect cultural identity, offer public accountability, and educate consumers about the choices that they can make in their regular shopping habits. Fair trade businesses foster long-term and direct relationships with producers in the developing world, because they know these connections are a highly effective way to help producers help themselves. Fair trade is not about charity; it uses a fair system of exchange to empower producers and to create sustainable development.
Fair Trade is an alternative approach to conventional international trade. It is a trading partnership which aims at sustainable development for marginalized and disadvantaged producers. Organizations that support Fair Trade pay a wage or price that reflects the true value of the work or product. Fair Trade organizations also recognize that workers have the right to organize, apply national health, safety, and wage laws, and use production processes that are environmentally sustainable and conserve natural resources. Check out our Fair Trade page for more information.
