1. Fair Trade Or, a lesson in smart shopping,Or, why children should go to school instead of using machetes,Or, how to reduce poverty and human trafficking, Or, how to buy coffee, chocolate and other good things so the farmer can survive and thrive.

2. Where does coffee come from? 3. How do we get coffee? 4. Where does chocolate come from? 5. How do we get chocolate? 6. Remember trafficking?

BBC Panorama Chocolate: the Bitter Truth

7.

Fair Trade is a way to

buy coffee, tea, chocolate and other goods and

avoid trafficking, child labor and other problems, and

help reduce poverty

all at the same time.

8. What is fair trade?

A global trade model and certification that allows shoppers to quickly identify products that were produced in an ethical manner.

9. Fair Trade 10. Fair Trade Principles

Fair prices and credit

Fair labor conditions

Direct trade

Democratic and transparent organizations

Community development

Environmental sustainability

Source: http://fairtradeusa.org/resource-library/faq

11. How is fair trade different than regular trade?

Source: Catholic Relief Services Fair Trade,www. crsfairtrade .org/

12. Fair Trade products

Source: http://www.fairtradeusa.org/sites/default/files/Almanac%202010_0.pdf

13. What can I buy certified fair trade?

Coffee

Tea

Sugar

Chocolate/cocoa

herbs, fresh fruit and vegetables, beans and grains, flowers, nuts, oils and butters, honey and spices, wine and apparel, soccer balls.

14. Where can I buy fair trade food?

Publix, Kroger, other stores?

Online

• Equal Exchange

Starbucks: Caf Estima Blend

15. Publix on Abercorn 16. Publix on Abercorn 17. Publix on Abercorn 18. What else should I buy fairly?

Jewelry

Shrimp

Rugs

Local produce

Arts/Crafts

• Ten Thousand Villages

• WMUworldcrafts.org

• Store on Bull Street

• Bead for Life

19. Questions?