Fact Sheets and Backgrounders

Fair Trade means quality gourmet products. It is also a market-based solution to the profound coffee crisis, a new trade alternative and a window into the lives of producers from 60 countries spanning the globe. The subject of Fair Trade is equally at home on either the food or world affairs sections of your daily paper, magazine features or news programs.

Because of the breadth of Fair Trade as a topic and the diversity of people it benefits, creating a deep and accurate analysis often proves to be challenging. The documents below will help illustrate the issues; we are always happy to assist with any research.

New Resources - New!
• Spanish Language Brochure
• Making the Business Case

Fast Facts
• Fair Trade Coffee Fast Facts
• Fair Trade Cocoa Fast Facts
• Fair Trade Banana Fast Facts
• Fair Trade Fruit Fast Facts
• Fair Trade Tea Fast Facts
  
  Backgrounders
• Fair Trade Coffee Backgrounder
• Fair Trade Cocoa Backgrounder
• Fair Trade Banana Backgrounder
  
  Environmental Benefits
• Environmental Benefits of Fair Trade Coffee, Cocoa and Tea
• Environmental Benefits of Fair Trade Fruit
  
  Certification Information
• Certification Overview

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