Issues: Fair Trade

Fair Trade

When you make a fair trade purchase, you’re saying something more than "I want a good product."

You’re saying that you don’t want to exploit the person who worked to create your product. 

You’re saying that you’re willing to spend an extra few cents on your end, so that a producer in a developing country can have a chance to feed, clothe and educate her family. 

You’re saying that your consumer power can be used to promote environmental sustainability and social justice!

 

 

Worship Congregation Corner
Celebrate World Fair Trade Day this May. Get involved »

 

Justice Seekers Fair Trade?
For a full picture of fair trade, check out the latest issue of Justice Seekers »

 

Resources Educational Resources
Fair Trade Coffee packet (zip file). Download »

 

Synod The Church Speaks
The true importance of coffee hour. More »

 

Brew Justice Brew Justice
The CRC fair trade coffee blend. Learn More »

"Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end, saying, “When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great and deal deceitfully with false balances, that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and sell the chaff of the wheat?"  Amos 8