The Capital Times of Madison (WI) reports that local start-up businesses focusing on Fair Trade are experiencing a downturn with the current recession–just like other businesses. That story rings true in Syracuse, too. Fair World Marketplace has felt the effect–last year from eight months of road construction in front of our store, followed by a [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou5wby3X9jU] Just Coffee documents the damage of collapsing coffee prices from 1998-2005 on coffee producers. It describes the different kind of social certifications placed on coffee products, including the Fair Trade label. It also surveys challenges for both producers and consumers in complying with and finding fair trade and other certified coffees. Though coffee prices, [...]

Autonomieproject points out that many fair trade co-ops have been entered on Google Earth. In Google Earth, click on “Fair Trade Certified” under the Global Awareness subset, then click on the icons that appear on the globe to see information about individual co-ops.

New on the FWM website is a page listing some of our partners who develop and wholesale fair trade products from various parts of the world. It also indicates which of their products we carry. In this space, we’ll occasionally profile some of these organizations and the artisans they work with. Today I want to [...]

Maurine is at the 2008 Fair Trade Federation Conference in Austin, TX this week-end. Fair World Marketplace is proud to be have been accepted last year as a member of the Fair Trade Federation, which certifies businesses as adhering to fair trade principles and practices.