What is Fair Trade?
August 13, 2008 by GMOShirt
Filed under Fair Trade
Fair trade is an organized social movement and approach to commerce that intends to discourage global poverty, working with marginalized populations to further the economic empowerment of those populations. Fair trade also advocates payment of a fair price as well as favorable social and environmental standards in depressed areas that produce the goods that are to be sold. Exports from developing countries are the central focus of the fair trade movement, especially coffee, cocoa, sugar, tea, bananas, honey, and cotton (which makes up a large amount of the fair trade clothing available for sale).
Another goal of the fair trade movement is to encourage those they serve to achieve greater equity in international commerce by becoming more active in their own organizations. Fair trade advocates include a variety of well-known international organizations who concentrate on religious, environmental, social and development aid such as Amnesty International and Oxfam.
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