In the dangerous southern Philippine island of Mindanao, martial law reigns. It is a place many embassies consider out of bounds to non-Filipinos. It is troubled by social and political unrest.

Fair trade certified coffee is the kind of phrase that sounds good on a Whole Foods shelf, the type of marketing that merges first world affluence with third world resource. For the average consumer, ...

At a 2007 craft fair in Seattle, I found a vendor selling olive oil from the Holy Land that he called “fair trade” Peace Oil. I asked why the label on his bottles carried no service mark certifying ...

Fairtrade America has unveiled revisions to the Fairtrade Standard for fresh produce, which is designed to expand the window for getting ripe produce to store shelves, make it easier for traders to ...

In 2011, a rift opened within the fair trade movement. On one side is a group that emphasizes the interests of commodity producers in developing-world countries. On the other side is a group that ...

With rows filled with groceries and stores lined with promotions for their new sales, we often forget how the products we buy landed on our shelves. A large portion of the products we buy are at the ...