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Archives: November 2007
November Buyer’s Guide – Leave the Mall Behind –Shop Fair Trade
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UPDATE from Fair Trade Movement News
In This Issue
Fair Trade for the Holidays
Featured News Stories from FTRN
Divine Chocolate's Recipe Contest
DeCarlo's Book in 2nd Printing
Great New FT Sites
FTRN.org- Access new educational tools, news, events for the movement.
Fairtradefederation.org- FTF's new site! Find wholly-committed FT business and much more.
FairTradeJudaica.org -
Access FT Judaica products and the connection between FT & Jewish values.
Partnersforjusttrade.org- Tap into this Presbyterian initiative supporting 20 Peruvian producer groups.
FairTradeGiftCard.org - Buy a FT gift card good at participating FT stores nationwide.
Stay connected to the movement
Take Action NOW!
Reclaim your VOICE for small farmers around the world
The US Farm Bill, which impacts small farmers worldwide, is currently being negotiated in Congress. It has been a major struggle, with big business lobbying hard to claim taxpayer money originally intended to support American family farmers. The farmbill also dictates farm subsidies -- which can be devastating for farmers in developing countries.
YOU CAN BE PART OF THE CHANGE.
- Get the latest news and take action
- Learn more from Oxfam America
Save the Date
- United Students for Fair Trade Regional Conference in Washington DC - Jan 25
- Fair Trade Federation Annual Conference in Austin, TX - Apr 4-6
- World Fair Trade Day 2008 - The weeks surrounding May 10, 2008. PLAN YOUR EVENT TODAY!
December 2007
Dear Friends,
Holidays are great time to express your commitment to Fair Trade. Below we offer some ideas. We also hope you will check out a short film called the Story of Stuff, which can help us all in our continued efforts to become more conscious of the impact of our buying decisions. Enjoy!
Fair Trade for the Holidays
Locate a FT holiday festival near you
There are still more than 50 FT festivals and other events happening around the country between now and the end of the year. Check them out at FTRN.org
Find the FT item you are searching for
Thanks to FTF's great new searchable member directory, you can find the wholly-committed FT companies that sell the item you seek.
What to give the person who has everything? A gift that's worth DOUBLE
Make a secure online donation to FTRN in honor of a friend or loved one, and it will be doubled thanks to a donor's pledge to match all contributions up to $20,000. Help us educate more Americans about Fair Trade and extend Fair Trade's opportunities to more artisans and producers.
Featured News Stories from FTRN
What do Financial Times, New York Times, CNNMoney, & Wall Street Journal Have in Common?
They, along with six other major media outlets, have covered Fair Trade in the past four months. FTRN.org now provides the movement with access to these and other leading news pieces about Fair Trade. Stay in the know -- check out FTRN's News and Views pages, updated at least once a week.
Featured News Stories this Issue:
Profits with Purpose: Equal Exchange (Dec 5)
Groundbreaking New Research on Conscious Consumers (Nov 26)
TransFair USA Unites Wal-Mart, Cafe Bom Dia, USAID (Nov 19)
Amherst Fair Trade Town -- Cause Reverberates Worldwide (Nov 16)
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Hungry to Change the World?
Divine Recipe Contest
Divine is challenging chocolate lovers to put their culinary skills to work and show the world they are hungry for the difference that Fair Trade can make for cocoa farmers. Their recipe contest contest runs through Dec 15th.
Recipes will be judged across all categories-desserts, beverages, confections, appetizers etc. Judges will be looking for creativity, Divine appeal and reviewing statements from contestants. Learn more...
Fair Trade: A Beginner's Guide
Now in Its Second Printing
Yet another sign of FT's boom: the first printing of Jacqueline DeCarlo's new book sold out in just a few months. Thankfully the second printing is now available.
Packed with inspiring ways to make a difference, the Beginner's Guide will encourage readers of all backgrounds to help end poverty, environmental destruction, and human exploitation by supporting Fair Trade.
The book retails for $14.95, but is available at FTRN.org for a special price of $13.50. Learn more and purchase now.
Please consider making an end-of-year contribution online or by check. Or contact us to make a gift of stock. Thanks to a matching pledge, every $1 you give now is actually worth $2.
FTRN has a lot on our horizon and we want you to be part of it!
With warmest wishes for a joyful and peace-filled holiday and 2008,
Anne Lally
Fair Trade Resource Network
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Thank Senator McCaskill: She VOTED NO on Peru FTA!!!
The Senate voted Tuesday, Dec. 4 on a bill to expand NAFTA-style trade policies to Peru in the Peru Free Trade Agreement. Sen. McCaskill is a key "undecided" vote, and she has the power to stop this dangerous expansion of NAFTA. She was under a lot of pressure but voted no anyway.
After she campaigned and won on a fair trade platform, Missouri fair trade and farm advocates are calling on Sen. McCaskill to stand up for Missouri families by voting no on the Peru Free Trade Agreement.
In last November's elections, the voters sent Congress a strong message that the American people want a change in trade policy. The Wall Street journal reported that six in 10 Republicans in a recent poll agreed with a statement that free trade has been bad for the U.S.
On November 8th the House of Representatives ignored this mandate and voted 285 to 135 to pass the US-Peru Free Trade Agreement, a NAFTA-style free trade deal which will be devastating to family farmers, indigenous people, workers, the environment and people with AIDS. The vote in the Senate has been scheduled for tomorrow!
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