In December of 2005 I embarked on a nine-day trip to Nicaragua to study fair trade coffee where it is grown. I already knew a bit about the consumer side of fair trade coffee, having directed a fair ...

Fair Trade bananas, marketed by Oke USA, can now be found in about 70 locations around New England, including in co-op supermarkets, natural food stores, and college campuses. If you're sold on the ...

Saturday, May 8 is World Fair Trade Day and for the 48 hours that encompass a global day, millions of participants in hundreds of cities in more than 70 countries celebrate with breakfasts, talks, ...

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio -- On Oct. 1, One World Shop celebrated its 40th anniversary, comprised of 10 years in Lakewood and 30 years in Rocky River. Cake and a mayoral proclamation gave recognition to the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — If you are looking to start shopping sustainably within the realm of fair trade, Richmond has several options to choose from. Firstly you might be asking — what is fair trade?

A fair-trade shop called Ten Thousand Villages in downtown Overland Park says its mission is as much about educating the public about fair trade as it is selling the goods the store offers. Store ...

LIMA — A pop-up holiday and fair trade shop, complete with accounts from artisans worldwide, will take place from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at the Center for Peace and Reconciliation, 129 Pierce St., Lima ...

WAUWATOSA -- Morocco native Allen Christian went to college, then moved to Asia, where he could only find work in a sweat shop. Then Christian and his wife moved to Wisconsin, and opened a fair trade ...

A new fair-trade business is coming to Peoria Heights just months after Global Village closed its doors. Ten Thousand Villages has operated in Champaign for nearly 40 years under local nonprofit ...

After operating for just over two decades, Global Village plans to shut down at the end of the month. The Peoria Heights shop, located at 1308 E. Seiberling Ave., sold coffees, gifts and other ...

Lindsay Woodruff lives in a century-old house in Oakwood with her husband, two children, parents, and two dogs, within biking distance to her shop, Maraluna. The store is named after her kids, Mara ...