Supporting Students in Oakland and Around the World
Six student winners of the Fair Trade USA/Oakland Unified School District essay contest were awarded Pottery Barn gift cards to help them create a more effective home learning environment.
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COVID-19: An Update From Around the World
Fair Trade USA has completed nearly 200 interviews with producers around the world to better understand the overarching impact of COVID-19 and where help is needed most. Here’s what we learned.
Timbuk2 and Fair Trade USA partner to donate 5,000 masks to farmers, workers, and their families
We asked farmers what their most urgent needs are and how we could best support them. Personal protective equipment was a major concern so Fair Trade USA and Timbuk2 partnered together to provide free masks.
A Home in Ecuador, a Worldwide Goal: How Fair Trade Reduces Poverty
After being separated for ten years, Rendon Vival Felix Belisario and his family find a place to call home. Learn about their story and how fair trade helps reduce poverty and enables sustainable livelihoods.
Fashion Is a Women’s Issue
How is it that an industry upheld by women also leaves women powerless? Fashion, especially fast fashion, is an urgent and crucial women’s issue that we must address. Here’s what we can do.
Amina: One Garment Worker’s Story of Perseverance and Hope
Fair trade certification has helped workers, like Amina, by promoting safer working conditions, improved livelihoods, sustainable production, and the development of knowledge, skills, and resources.
Fair Trade USA Takes Swift Action to Support Workers During COVID-19
OAKLAND, Calif., (April 10, 2020) – Fair Trade USA™, the leading certifier of fair trade products in North America, released a new policy on emergency fund use for COVID-19. It outlines direct action to support farmers, workers, and fishers with health, safety, and...
Fair Trade USA & Rachael Wang Launch ‘We Wear Fair Trade’ Supporting Garment Workers
OAKLAND, Calif. (April 20, 2020) – On April 20th, Fair Trade USA unveils its annual lookbook and campaign, We Wear Fair Trade. This year’s campaign theme and lookbook, “She Wears Fair Trade,” was made in partnership with renowned creative director, activist, and...
Motherhood in the Era of COVID
These are stories about motherhood in covid. This Q&A shares words from women in the fair trade movement around the world that are sometimes funny, heartbreaking, empowering, and everything inbetween.
An Interview with Indigenous Rights Activist Nikki Sanchez
Indigenous Rights Activist Nikki Sanchez shares her perspective on racial profiling and tells us about her own fight for social justice and how it’s connected to fair trade fashion.