Fair trade is a way of doing business that builds equitable, long-term partnerships between consumers in North America and producers in developing regions of the world.
Fair trade is a way of doing business that builds equitable, long-term partnerships between consumers in North America and producers in developing regions of the world.
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-Increasing globalization, free-trade and international investment agreements remove barriers to local markets for transnational corporations. < view more >
Fair trade is not about charity, but giving a fair deal to marginalized third world producers. The best way to support them is to buy Fair trade products. Global Gallery's store is there to market the products from third world countries and provide the producers and artisans with fair wadge.
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The problems experienced by poor producers and workers in developing countries differ greatly from product to product. The majority of coffee and cocoa, for example, is grown by independent small farmers, working their own land and marketing their produce through a local co-operative. For these producers, receiving a fair price for their beans is more important than any other aspect of a fair trade. Most tea, however, is grown on estates. The concern for workers employed on tea plantations is fair wages and decent working conditions.
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The prime objective of Fair trade is to develop access to markets in developed countries for producers who tend to be marginalized by conventional trading structures. Typically Fair trade focuses on small-scale producers, although this depends on the particular commodity. For example, Fair trade coffee producers are generally small, family-owned farms working through co-operatives for marketing and export, while tea more usually originates from estates where employment practices, environmental management and worker participation structures meet international Fair trade standards.
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Fair Trade labeling was created in response to the request of coffee farmers in southern Mexico. In 1986 they told the development co-operation organization Solidaridad that instead of aid they needed trade. Working in partnership with the farmers, the first Fair trade Label was created in the Netherlands two years later. Today, there are 17 Fair trade Labeling Organizations that included initiatives in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, USA and Japan.
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Many companies can add fairly traded goods to their products. Selling or using fairly traded goods will improve your image and you will benefit form the customer appreciation. Here are the links from TranFairUSA that will help you.
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Ohio Fair Trade Retail Stores:
Ten Thousand Villages
Global Gallery
Care & Share Gift and Thrift
Global Village Collection
World Craft
Wide World Shop
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