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Fair Trade Overview
Fair Trade is a market-based approach to sustainable development.
Fair Trade helps family farmers in developing countries to gain direct access to international markets, as well as to develop the business capacity necessary to compete in the global marketplace
and receive a fair price for their products. This leads to higher family living standards, thriving communities and more sustainable farming practices.
Fair Trade empowers farming families to take care of themselves - without developing dependency on foreign aid.
Fair Trade Guarantees:
A Fair Price
The Fair Trade price means that farmers can feed their families and that their children can go to school instead of working in the fields.
Quality Products
By receiving a fair price, Fair Trade producers can avoid cost-cutting practices that sacrifice quality. The Fair Trade producers' traditional artisanal farming methods result in exceptional products.
Care For The Environment
Most Fair Trade products like coffee, tea and chocolate are shade grown.
This means that the products you buy maintain biodiversity, provide shelter for migratory birds and help reduce global warming.
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