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Fair Trade Certified Labels
One sure way to know an item is Fair Trade is by the label. There are two independent organizations that research and label Fair Trade products. Labels make it easy for a consumer to identify an item is Fair Trade, however, not all Fair Trade products have a label. The labeling [...]
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Organizations providing structure to the Fair Trade movement:
IFAT: International Fair Trade Association works to link their 220 producer members in over 59 developing countries giving organization and structure to the concept of Fair Trade. http://www.ifat.org/
FTF: The Fair Trade Federation is focused on linking North American marketers with producers in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and other [...]
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Fair Trade is currently a vehicle to aid developing-world persons with the tools and structure that bring about sustainability and recognition as a person of full dignity and worth. The principals of Fair Trade work to eradicate institutional as well as individual acts of injustice including:
· Bribery
· Child Labor
· Corruption
· Destruction of the Environment
· Exploitation [...]
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Fair Trade is a strategy for poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Its purpose is to create opportunities for producers who have been economically disadvantaged or marginalized by the conventional trading system. Six principals guide the strategy of Fair Trade:
Transparency and Accountability
Fair Trade involves transparent management and commercial relations to deal fairly and respectfully with trading [...]
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