Fair trade
Fair trade is a social movement which tries to help people who make things in developing countries. It helps people to work in better conditions and get more money for what they make, giving workers opportunities to improve their lives and plan their future, which reduces poverty as a result. The movement also tries to protect or improve the environment.
Fair trade helps people in developing countries sell things to people in developed countries. Things that are sold in international trade are handicrafts and other manufactured goods, agricultural products such as grains, coffee, cocoa, sugar, tea, bananas, honey, cotton, quinoa, fresh fruit, chocolate, wine, flowers, and minerals such as iron and petroleum.
Merchandise that has fair trade status must be given a fair trade certificate. This says it follows rules about fairness to workers and the environment. This will mean the product can put the Fairtrade symbol on their packaging if they earn the certificate.
Fair Trade Media
Fair trade tea purchased in Italy.
Fairtrade bananas from the Dominican Republic
Fair trade goods sold in worldshops
Oxfam shop on Drury Lane in Covent Garden, London
Cafedirect coffee shop on Regent Street in central London.
Three young Nicaraguan women demonstrate to visiting U.S. buyers and consumers the use of organic soil testing methods.
Fair trade coffee beans being sorted
Display of Fairtrade products at the Derbyshire County Council head office
Related pages
Other websites
- FLO International
- FLOCERT Archived 2020-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
