Buying Fair Trade, May 2014 Elisa Reynoso

What is Fair Trade?

Producers of a product in developing countries sell a product at a fair price and are protected from big corporation takeover

Why would you want to buy Fair Trade?

Fair Trade video

Free Trade Vs. Conventional Trade

Fair Trade Conventional Trade

Concerned about people, planet, profit

Driven only by profit and adding value to shares

Advanced credit plus other benefits

Payment after production, IF they like the products

Artisans or farmers, being partners, are given technical assistance, training, education, advancement

Workers are seen as assents, and are just given training for mundane, repetitive job duties, not for additional skills

Women and ethnic minorities made partners

Look for lowest cost labor, and exploit the works if necessary (minorities, women, children)

Aims to educate the consumer about what is good for them, the planet, and producers

Create shallow needs and wants

Source: DeCarlo, “Fair Trade: A beginners Guide”

Source: Handmade Expressions via Google

Contributing to Fair Trade

Who can contribute?

Who benefits from Fair Trade?

What are we accomplishing?

www.befair.org

“I'm very grateful for Fair Trade because it has allowed me to send my son to a better school so he can get ahead in life.” Carmen PucujiMom & Flower Farmer, Ecuador

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Source: Google Images

Google images. (n.d). Retrieved on May 5, 2014 from www.google.com

Handmade Expressions. (2011). Retrieved on May 5, 2014 from http://www.handmadeexpressions.net/pages/difference-between-fair-trade-and-conventional-trade

Be Fair.org. (n.d). Retrieved on May 5, 2014 from http://befair.org/

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