Division of Peace and Justice Fair Trade

Division of Peace and Justice

Fair Trade Supporting the MDGs But how?

Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Ensure environmental sustainability Develop a global partnership for development

What is Fair Trade? Fair trade is a strategy for poverty alleviation and sustainable development Creating opportunities for economically disadvantaged producers

What is Fair Trade? World Wide & USA

What is Fair Trade? Even Here!! * * BUY LOCAL Producers *

Key Fair Trade Principles Dialogue and Respect Transparency and Accountability Capacity Building

Key Fair Trade Principles Payment of a Fair Price Working Conditions Gender Equality Environmental Protection

How Can Buying Fair Trade Help? By changing lives! Working cooperatives create Sustainable Good* in poor communities * Sustainable Good: Practices of Christian Stewardship, taking no more from the Earth than can be returned-renewable resources

Fair Trade Myths: Myth: Fair Trade is a form of charity • Reality: Fair trade promotes positive and long-term change through trade-based relationships which seek to empower producers to meet their own needs

Fair Trade Myths: Myth: Fair Trade results in more expensive goods for the consumer • Reality: Most fair trade products are competitively priced in relation to their conventional counterparts

Fair Trade Myths: Myth: Fair trade production results in substandard goods for the consumer • Reality: While handmade products naturally include some variation, fair trade organizations continuously work with their producer partners to improve quality and consistency

Fair Trade Myths: Myth: Fair Trade siphons off United States jobs to other countries • Reality: Fair trade practices can be applied to local producers here in the USA as well as the poor in the Developing World. At its most basic – it is simple a commitment to to change the lives of those who frequently lack alternative sources of income equal access to the marketplace.

Fair Trade Myths: Myth: Fair Trade is anti-globalization • Reality: International exchange lies at the heart of fair trade

Fair Trade Myths: Myth: Fair trade refers only to coffee • Reality: Fair trade encompass a wide variety of agricultural and handcrafted goods

Fair Trade Myths: Myth: Fair Trade is unfair. It is available to only a very small number of farmers Reality: Fair Trade does not claim to have all the answers, but it’s a start – a step in the right direction. A step towards a future where trade no longer benefits only the richest and most powerful, and where a third of humanity no longer live in poverty RW

Fair Trade Myths: • It is possible that many goods sold as Fair Trade might not actually be Fair Trade at all. ASI • That is why it is so important to support rigorous certification -

It’s Working Fair trade sales have soared over the past decade.

What Can You Do? As an Individual. . . As a Parish. . .

What Can You Do? As an Individual. . . Make Economic Justice Part Of Your Spiritual Journey

What Can You Do? As a Parish. . . Make Economic Justice Part Of Your Spiritual Journey

What Can You Do? As an Individual. . . Start simple - simply start One step at a time….

What Can You Do? As an Individual. . . Educate oneself Teach your family Research community stores Look for the logo

What Can You Do? As an Individual. . . Buy Fair Trade products Advocate for Fair Trade products …in stores . . . in your parish

Simple Resources at Hand Women’s Bean Project A nonprofit organization that teaches job readiness and life skills for entry-level jobs through employment in our gourmet food production.

Simple Resources at Hand Kroger - First brought Fair Trade products to its stores in 2000, and continues to search for certified products that are of interest to their customers.

Simple Resources at Hand Heine Brothers a founding roaster-owner of Cooperative Coffees, Inc.

Simple Resources at Hand Just Creations provides marketing assistance to low-income craftspeople in the developing world. The sale of these products helps to provide a fair wage for the artisans and enables them to pay for food, education, health care, and housing.

Simple Resources at Hand Bishops Blend coffee is an exciting way for your congregation to make a difference while enjoying one of life’s everyday pleasures — a great cup of coffee!

Simple Resources at Hand Make purchases from Fair Trade Organizations such as: Ten Thousand Villages A Greater Gift Equal Exchange These groups work directly with artisans and farmers to ensure that Fair Trade Principles are practiced.

Simple Resources at Hand Urban Spirit sells Fair Trade Coffee and Tea and supports Fair Trade standards – Imagine a place where people-of-faith and peopleof-no-particular-faith-at-all work together to renew a community. It is Church for a new day, a new world.

Simple Resources at Hand Grounded in the inspiring power of Fair Trade as a positive alternative to poverty, environmental destruction, and human exploitation, this enlightening book explains how We can make a difference ! Fair Trade: A Beginner's Guide Author - Jacqueline Decarlo

Simple Resources at Hand • Big Tree Organic Farms is a co-operative of 28 members whose farms range between 11 and 150 acres. Big Tree Organic Farms Co-op is Equal Exchange's first trading partner for organic almonds, • http: //www. bigtreeorganic. com/Home. html

What Can You Do? As a Parish. . . Purchase Fair Trade Purchase local Educate your parish Host a Farmer’s Market

Resources • Rain Forrest Alliance Curriculum • http: //www. rainforestalliance. org/programs/educ ation/teachers/what. html

It’s Working Fair trade sales have soared over the past decade.

Division of Peace and Justice Episcopal Diocese of Ky. www. episcopalky. org/ 1. 800. 222. 3462