The cheapest product mentality

Fair Trade gives producers a guaranteed minimum price for their goods so that unscrupulous buyers do not take advantage of their poverty driven needs. Buying Fair Trade products is your way of not contributing to the sweat shop mentality. The cheapest product is not always the best product, in more ways than one. Fair trade means that safe working conditions and living wages are demanded and forced child labor is prohibited.

Fair trade farming practices require that harmful agrochemicals and GMOs are not used and instead environmentally sustainable farming methods are used. We can not count on all countries to use sustainable farming methods when our own country does not. Buying Fair Trade consumables is one way we can take back the planet from the hands of greedy polluters!

Fair trade purchase

Fair Trade is a strategy that alleviates poverty and promotes sustainable development. The idea is to create opportunities for economically disadvantaged producers. I recently purchased some fair trade Mayan products and I was so pleasantly surprised at the intricate craftsmanship in the products. The items were inexpensive, unique, and beautiful, and I know that I helped promote community health care and education programs as well as environmental sustainability.

Fair trade organic

Welcome to fair trade organic. We will be discussing the greening of the economy and a more fair and balanced distribution of money as green goods and services change hands. Our current system of greed and environmental devastation not only exploits people while fouling the eco system, it is failing us economically as well, and we need to look for alternatives.

Fair trade practices and supporting green and organic businesses is the way that we can create green jobs and supports a greening of the economy. We will be passing along ideas and information of this blog and we hope that you will visit often!