Fair trade is a global movement that strives to provide standards for how products like food and clothing are grown, produced, and sold. These standards help ensure equitable trade by directly ...

First in the commitment round-up is long-time partner, Whole Foods Market, which launched Sourced for Good, an exclusive third-party certification program that helps customers identify responsibly ...

For more than a quarter of a century, Paul Rice, founder of Fair Trade USA, and Seth Goldman, co-founder of Honest Tea and CEO of Just Ice Tea, have championed ethical sourcing with a laser focus on ...

You might not know it from its generally low price tag, but chocolate has a host of production issues, from child labor on cacao farms to issues with deforestation. Chocolate isn’t alone in this ...

“International trade is an engine for inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction, and contributes to the promotion of sustainable development,” reads paragraph 68 of the 2030 Agenda for ...

Amid hourly news flashes on tariffs and rising food prices, Paul Rice’s new book is as timely as the catch of the day. “I had no idea that we would be in the pickle we’re in,” said Rice, the former ...

Just a few years ago, most Americans had never heard the phrase “fair trade.” Today corporations as mainstream as McDonald’s and Wal-Mart are using coffee beans harvested by growers in developing ...

UC Santa Cruz passed a fair trade resolution that reflects its commitment to join the efforts of the Fair Trade Colleges & Universities, a division of Fair Trade Campaigns. Ericka Elphick was a ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM) the world’s largest digital-first, design-led and sustainable home retailer, announced new investments in purchases of Nest Ethical ...

As the U.S. Supreme Court is weighing the limits of the executive branch’s authority on tariffs, it is important to consider the tradeoffs that come with free trade. In American political and business ...

It was buoying to see Anne buzzing among the vendors, ensuring they had everything they needed and were ready for the customers. I’m proud of our citizens, who showed up to support Fair Trade vendors, ...

According to Local First Arizona, a nonprofit organization that celebrates independent businesses throughout Arizona, downtown businesses have seen anywhere from an 80 to 100 percent decrease in ...