For just a couple extra dollars than your average American candy bar, you can purchase a delicious, fairly-traded gourmet chocolate bar that not only satisfies your taste buds, but leaves you feeling guilt-free about the labor that went into making the sweet delectable. Equal Exchange, a Co-op that sells various food items from chocolate, tea [...]
Peerless Portland
Portland is a rare gem of a city. Lovingly nicknamed the Bridge City, Rose City, PDX, and Stump Town, Portlanders love to share why Portland is the place to be. Portland has been named numerous times in travel magazines as one of the best cities to live, from its artsy culture to tech savvy inhabitants. So what [...]
Personal Shopping: Fair Trade Style
A key factor in why some people don’t pay attention to where they shop and what their dollars support is the idea that they’re not directly affected. Shopping has become something so impersonal that many people don’t know where their goods come from nor what Fair Trade even means. On its main website, Ten Thousand [...]
Passionate about fair trade?
Want to get involved in the Portland fair trade community but not sure how? Here are just a few ways to lend your support, make an impact and also better yourself in an effort to raise fair trade awareness and promote sustainability. We have an excellent group of sponsors that would love the help and [...]
Is Fair Trade Green?
The big question today is: Is Fair Trade green? With the amount of emphasis being placed on being environmentally conscious today, the organizations that determine a product’s fair trade eligibility are improving their guidelines to make sure the environment considered. For example, one of the Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International’s (FLO) key objectives is to “set [...]