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On my morning commute today, I experienced some rare moments of silence. There were no traffic jams for me to jay-walk through and few subway riders to jostle me. Not a single horn honked this morning! The lazy days of summer are really here in the Baltimore-Washington DC area, with many folks [...]

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When some folks think Fair Trade sales, their minds go to the holidays. Purchasing fairly traded handcrafts and gourmet foods at Christmas, for example, is a wonderful way to shop your values and give gifts that give in multiple ways. This summer Fair Traders around the country are making sure Fair Trade is a [...]

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The Fair Trade Federation conference last weekend brought dozens of Fair Trade companies and organizations to Washington, D.C. to focus especially on doing the work of Fair Trade. Lots of inspiration and information was passed around, including opening remarks from Fair Trade guru, Paul Myers, new Chair of the International Fair Trade Association. [...]

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As Jackie wrote in a recent post, she will be participating next weekend in the Fair Trade Federation (FTF) conference, which runs from June 1-3 at American University in Washington, DC. Unfortunately, this year’s event is a members-only affair. Since folks won’t be able to wander in and get to know the remarkable [...]

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Tune in to Provoke Radio radio this week to hear a brilliant discussion of Fair Trade featuring our own Jackie DeCarlo (CRS Fair Trade program advisor and recently published author), and Chris Treter (co-founder of CRS Fair Trade Coffee Program partner Higher Grounds in Lake Leelanau, MI).  The episode is the third in the show’s series on [...]

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Thousands of people across dozens of countries use the second Saturday of May to celebrate World Fair Trade Day. What will you do this May 12 to participate?
Here at CRS we are proud sponsors of World Fair Trade Day in the USA! Lots is going on for us all month long, including our staff out [...]

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Jacqueline DeCarlo, former director of the Fair Trade Resource Network and currently Fair Trade Program Advisor at CRS, has written the book on Fair Trade…literally!
Jackie has been a leader in the U.S. Fair Trade movement for many years and provided inspiration and counsel to countless people. Now her accumulated wisdom is available “Fair Trade: A [...]

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CRS supports cooperatives of small-scale coffee farmers in Asia, Africa and Latin America. In Nicaragua, CRS has accompanied the Aroma del Cafe cooperative for the past five years. Three members of that cooperative will be in California from May 3-7 to participate in the Specialty Coffee Association of America’s annual conference. After that, they will [...]

Read the entry: Nicaraguan Coffee Farmers on Tour in California →