What is fair trade project?

Fair trade is a movement that envisions a world where people and the planet matter as much as profits. By empowering small-scale farmers and artisans around the globe to support themselves and their communities, fair trade seeks to rewrite those rules.

What is a fair trade community?

Fair Trade Towns USA is an organization that encourages towns and cities across the United States to adopt a commitment to fair trade in their communities. This organization seeks to accomplish this goal by raising awareness about fair trade and social and economic justice.

How Fair Trade is helping communities?

Fairtrade empowers farmers by helping them organize into cooperatives. This improves their negotiating position within the supply chain. The Fairtrade Premium is often invested in projects which benefit entire communities, such as health facilities, schools, housing, and clean water.

What are some examples of fair trade practices?

Fair Trade standards, according to Fair Trade USA include:

Access to basic services like clean water education and health care.
Fundamental human rights.
The right to safe working condition.
Sustainable production and farming practices.
Improved working conditions.
Better prices and wages for farmers and workers.

Is Fair Trade an NGO?

The organisation is an independent non-profit organisation that licenses use of the Fairtrade Mark on products in the UK in accordance with internationally agreed Fairtrade standards. Its four key areas of activity include: Working with partners to support producer organisations and their networks.