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Summer Reading Rec: The Means of Reproduction by Michelle Goldberg
Looking to learn more about global economic development and women’s rights over the summer? Consider checking out The Means of Reproduction by Michelle Goldberg. In this insightful work, Goldberg examines the intimate connection between empowering women and addressing the biggest economic and...
Blimey! The Brits put us to shame again
Earlier today the English chocolate giant Cadbury announced that Dairy Milk--the UK's most popular chocolate bar --will now carry the Fair Trade Certified label. That increases Ghana's entire FT cocoa production from 6% of the market share to somewhere just...
Happy Birthday, Nelson Mandela!
Couldn't scrounge up tickets for the Mandela bash at Radio City Music Hall on Saturday? No worries. You can still pay homage to the great South African leader and human rights activist by supporting Ikamva Labantu--a South African organization dedicated to...
Take Action: Craft for a Cause!
Craft for a Cause An Evening of Inspiration, Solidarity and Craftsmanship Global Goods Partners is teaming up with the ever-charming Etsy folks for a craft workshop in support of women artisans in the developing world. The event is sure to...
Free Trade vs. Fair Trade: Where are we headed?
Ron Kirk, President Obama’s pick for U.S. Trade Representative, is in “no hurry to rush pending trade pacts to Congress,” reports Reuters. Well, that’s nice to hear for once. a little background… On July 26th 2007, in a midnight session...
Fair Trade: Notes From the Field
"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley." -Robert Burns Sometimes, even the noblest consumers can’t put their values into action. Life is filled with obstacles: misleading advertising, prohibitive prices, et cetera. So here at FTL,...
Franken Makes 60: Let's Get to Work
After eight long months of legal battles and recounts, Al Franken will finally be seated in the United States Senate. That pushes the Democrats up to 60 seats, the magic, filibuster-proof number that means it's time to kick-butt and take...
The best thing about working for a Fair Trade organization (besides the bountiful supply of FT chocolate) is seeing the faces behind the products—the artisans, the farmers, the activists. Today at our GGP offices in New York we had the...
What does Fair Trade mean in a recession? Sending kids to schools, not factories
For all you Fair Trade skeptics, and for those of you who need some reaffirmation, I highly recommend perusing a recent photo essay released by Foreign Policy magazine. The essay provides important insight into the state of child labor around the world,...