Successful CRS Ethical Trade Sale

A great time was had by all at the Catholic Relief Services Ethical Trade Sale at the Church of the Transfiguration this past weekend. One of the biggest sellers were the Breadwarmers from Bangladesh. Artisans engrave the whitewashed terracotta with traditional kolka, a folk motif of Bangladesh. Purchases enabled rura enables rural and mostly illiterate women to make their handicrafts at home. It provides these women much-needed employment, a fair wage, freedom from exploitation, access to healthcare and education for their children.

Catholic Relief Services Ethical Trade Sale at Church of the Transfiguration

'Here is Your Opportunity to Change Lives' The Church of the Transfiguration is conducting a Catholic Relief Services Ethical Trade Sale this weekend, December 8 and 9 after the 5pm, 9am and 10:30am masses.  Ethically crafted items that change lives are being offered such as beautiful home décor, scarves, jewelry and other unique hand crafted items made by marginalized artisans and farmers living in over 30 countries. By purchasing these ethically made products you bring dignity to their workplace, provide opportunities for their children to attend school and make their communities stronger.
"Everyone can be an artisan for peace." -Pope Francis

Church of the Transfiguration
4325 Jarvis Avenue
San Jose, CA 95112

Catholic Relief Services Ethical Trade at St Patrick's in San Francisco

Last night the Diocese of San Francisco, Diocese of Oakland and the Diocese of San Jose collaborated to make celebrants of Mass for the Dead For Our Homeless Brethren at St Patrick's Cathedral aware of Catholic Relief Services Ethical Trade by displaying an informational table in the downstairs hall afterwards. Equal Exchange and Catholic Relief Services' Fair Trade coffee named Mama Tierra was served. Many came by with questions about Ethical Trade, how they could support it in their everyday lives and how they could include it in their parish Advent and Lenten seasons. Many thanks to Martin Ford and Patrick Shadonnay for making this happen.

Successful Ethical Trade Sale at St Simon's Catholic Church

Thank you St Simon's Catholic Church for conducting an Ethical Trade Sale this past weekend. Everyone who attended took the opportunity to be an artisan for peace. The small farmers and artisans around the world thank you for bringing dignity to their workplace, providing opportunities for their children to attend school and making their communities stronger.

Please Vote!

Democratic participation is a cornerstone of Fair Trade. By voting on how to spend their extra Fair Trade funds, producers create positive change in their communities. Will you join us in doing likewise today? Please vote!

Ethical Trade Sale at St Simon's Church

'Here is Your Opportunity to Change Lives' This is the announcement in the bulletin at St Simon's Catholic Church in Los Altos. It is advertising the Catholic Relief Services Ethical Trade Sale taking place on November 3 and 4 after all the masses. It is your opportunity to choose beautiful gifts that make an impact on the small farmers and artisans around the world. By purchasing these ethically made products you bring dignity to their workplace, provide opportunities for their children to attend school and make their communities stronger.
"Everyone can be an artisan for peace." -Pope Francis

Successful Fair Trade Sale at St John Vianney

Thank you Brendan and Darby for a wonderful Fair Trade sale at St John Vianney Church on Sunday. Equal Exchange coffee, tea, chocolate and cocoa were sold after each mass.The small farmers around the world thank you for your support of Fair Trade.

Check the Chocolate Scorecard before Halloween

This Halloween, please consider the #chocolatescorecard
when purchasing your treats!

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Fantastic App - ILAB Sweat & Toil

Celebrate Fair Trade Month by being a better consumer. Make sure the products you buy do not come from child or forced labor by downloading the app 'ILAB Sweat & Toil. With this fantastic app, you can be part of the solution to end child labor and forced labor around the world. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2QjN9av

Fair Trade sale at St John Vianney

This weekend is Fair Trade weekend at St John Vianney Catholic Church in San Jose. Before and after all masses, Fair Trade coffee including the new Equal Exchange Mama Tierra will be sold. Chocolate and cocoa will be on sale as well. A good time is guaranteed for all. Many thanks to Brendan and Darby!

Fair Trade bananas from AsoGuabo Cooperative

Fair Trade and life are all about cooperation. AsoGuabo is a banana cooperative in southwest Ecuador that partners with Equal Exchange to bring fair trade, organic bananas to the US. Help celebrate Fair Trade month and cooperative values all year long by asking for Equal Exchange bananas. https://bit.ly/2PoNglb

Fair Trade supplements

Organic India is producing the first Fair Trade certified supplements. The herbs are responsibly and ethically grown by small family farmers in India. This certification provides a life of dignity for these small producers while regenerating communities and the environment.

Wear you values from REI

Celebrate Fair Trade month by wearing your values in the great outdoors with products from REI. Want to promote safe working conditions and sustainable livelihoods when you're shopping for outdoor clothing? Search "fair trade" at REI.com to find products Fair Trade certified products and look for the following seal.

67 cents a day

How long do you work for 67 cents? For a cocoa producer in West Africa, it is an entire day. Everybody has the right to a living income. Choose Fair Trade and make a difference!

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Just One Cup Challenge on National Coffee Day

The truth is, there was nothing free, quick, or easy about the journey that coffee took to wind up in your hands. Americans drink 400 million cups of coffee every day. In a grab-and-go culture, it’s easy to forget that coffee farmers across the globe face hardships every day like extreme poverty, food and water shortages, vulnerability to climate change and disease, volatile market prices and middle men, and labor rights abuse.​ The good news? You can take part in a coffee story that doesn’t end there by seeking the Fair Trade seal when you shop.

With every cup of Fair Trade Certified coffee, additional money is paid back to Fair Trade coffee farmers in the form of Community Development Funds. Together, we can send $2 million to much-needed projects in coffee producing communities if we all drink #JustOneCup of Fair Trade coffee on National Coffee Day.​

https://www.fairtradecertified.org/justonecup

Mama Tierra

With Fair Trade Month just around the corner, it's time to celebrate the unique partnership of Catholic Relief Services and Equal Exchange. Out of this partnership comes Mama Tierra, a Fair Trade Organic Coffee from Oaxaca, Mexico. Farmers are paid a fair price for their coffee, establish long term contracts and invest in community development projects. CRS helps the same farmers protect their local water sources from coffee waste water contamination. This helps to strengthen coffee farming communities and ensure they can produce coffee for years to come.

Fair Trade sandals

Continue your summer with these Fair Trade sandals. They are perfect any and all adventures. For more info, see : https://www.oliberte.com/ 

Fair Trade Lunch notes

You can download the following Fair Trade lunch notes here : https://fairtrd.us/2MLwwD9

Fair Trade lunch for school

Send your kids off to school with a Fair Trade lunch that includes a note with a kid friendly message about Fair Trade and space enough on the back side to add your love in a personalized message encouraging them for the day.

Radically Changing Coffee in Kenya

She wants to change the coffee industry. Vava Angweyi started Vava Coffee, a Nairobi-based enterprise educating Kenyan farmers and getting more women and the youth of East Africa excited about their most prized agricultural products -- coffee. https://www.forbes.com/sites/eshachhabra/2018/08/08/this-kenyan-female-founder-wants-to-radically-change-the-coffee-industry/#65181f791cac

Fair Trade Heroes in Kenya

Climate change hits vulnerable populations like small-scale farmers the hardest. Here's what one Fair Trade producer from Kenya is doing to fight back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TddjJkHkQCM

Fair Trade at the Roadhouse in Davenport

Stopped by the Roadhouse in Davenport for some lunch and found they were featuring Uncommon Grounds Fair Trade Organic Coffee. Purchased a can of coffee for only $4.95. Also selling Fair Trade Cacoca Drinking Chocolate. Thank you for the small farmers of Columbia!

Happy Birthday, Harry Potter!

HappyBirthdayHarryPotter! Did you know they have Fair Trade chocolate in the wizarding world? Lucky for us muggles you don't have to catch the Hogwarts Express to get it! Find out more here >>

https://www.harrypotterplatform934.com/products/hogwarts-express-chocolate-bar-x-3

End Human Trafficking through Fair Trade

Today is World Day Against Human Trafficking. Ending modern slavery for over 40 million people is a big undertaking, but even simple choices you make can have an impact. When you opt for Fair Trade products, you're helping ensure farmers and workers get better pay as well more rights and protections in the workplace. If we work together, we can End Human Trafficking.

http://fairtradeamerica.org/Media-Center/Blog/2018/July/Imagine-an-End-to-Human-Trafficking?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=#EndHumanTrafficking

Fair Trade Footballs

Now that the World Cup is well underway, did you know that the world’s most popular sports accessory, the humble soccer ball, can also be certified Fairtrade? Find out how Fairtrade ⚽ can help fight injustice with this video:
https://vimeo.com/169701686