FAIR TRADE GIFTS in person shopping

FAIR TRADE on site shopping only at the Market

Fair Trade changes the way trade works through better prices, decent working conditions, and a fairer deal for farmers and workers in developing countries.   

When you purchase a Fair Trade item to give as a gift to others or to yourself, you are helping artisans and farmers from many different parts of the world succeed in making a sustainable living for their families. The Fair Trade vendors invited to this year’s market are:

• The Sharing Foundation
• Olive Branch Fair Trade of Vineyard Haven
• Equal Exchange 

The Sharing Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to helping the children of Cambodia.  It serves over 1,500 children a day in 15 educational, social, and medical programs- including the 68 children living in TSF’s Roteang Children’s Center. Korey Lee operates a fair trade business to help support The Sharing Foundation which participated in the first Alternative Gift Market Cape Cod in 2007. Korey has been a part of many of the gift markets at St. Barnabas over the years.

http://www.sharingfoundation.org

Linda Cohen is the volunteer director of Olive Branch Fair Trade. She is an Interfaith Partner with Canaan Fair Trade, the world’s first fair trade organic olive oil company. The store has products from Palestine, Guatemala, Haiti and many other countries.  100% of the profits go to visionary initatives working for Human Rights and economic empowerment.

http://www.olivebranchfairtrade.org

Equal Exchange is a well known source of fair trade coffee and chocolate, but also offers olive oil, nuts and other products.  Equal Exchange has been a part of all the markets since 2008.

http://www.info.equalexchange.coop 

Be advised, clicking to a FAIR TRADE address will take you off this AGM website.