The regulation of commercial activity across countries is the focus of free trade and fair trade policies, but both address the topic from different perspectives. Free trade focuses on the reduction ...

If you're interested in opening a socially conscious business, a fair trade business may be for you. As a fair trade retailer, you will work directly with wholesalers to purchase inventory made by ...

We've pulled together some resources for anyone interested in learning more about global trade, where to purchase Fair Trade products, or how to start your own grassroots campaign. Get involved by ...

Over the past 15 years, Fair Trade Labeling Organizations International (FLO) and Fair Trade labels have played an important role in driving consumer awareness and demand for socially and ...

Counterpoint to “The Problem with Fair Trade Coffee” article, published in the Summer 2011 issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review Fair Trade USA is disappointed that the Stanford Social ...

Brazil Cooperative director Luis Adauto, center, inspects coffee trees on Rosevaldo Pereiras farm with Paul Rice, preisdent of Fair Trade USA, a nonprofit group that promotes and certifies fair trade.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Errol Schweizer has the essential take on the grocery industry. According to Marita Canedo, the Milk With Dignity Program ...

It costs extra, but where is the money going? Flickr/EricMagnuson That “fair trade” sticker on a bar of chocolate or bag of coffee beans might make you feel better, but there’s no guarantee it’s ...

“Farmers are the most beautiful, the hardest-working people. But the conditions are hard, and the conditions have been hard for farmers for a long, long time,” said Hamdi Ulukaya, the billionaire ...

Chances are you’ve heard of “fair trade” and have a vague idea of what it means — maybe you’ve even bought a bag of coffee or a bar of chocolate with a fair trade seal on it. How about skin care ...