Events

Event Information:

  • Sun
    20
    Nov
    2016

    FAIR TRADE EVENT

    11:45 am

    Plan to stay after church on November 20 to learn more about Fair Trade and what our congregation can do! Joe and Linda Michon will share their experiences and actions with fair trade. They have been instrumental in several churches get on board, and were greatly responsible for Claremont become an official Fair Trade City. Margaret Davis and the Social Justice Coordinating Committee

    What Is Fair Trade?

    Fair Trade is a way of doing business that aims to keep small farmers an active part of the world marketplace, and to empower consumers to make purchases that support their values. Fair Trade is a set of business practices voluntarily adopted by the producers and buyers of agricultural commodities and hand-made crafts that are designed to advance many economic, social and environmental goals, including:

    -  Raising and stabilizing the incomes of small-scale farmers, farm workers, and artisans

    -  More equitably distributing the economic gains, opportunities and risks associated with the production and sale of these goods

    -  Increasing the organizational and commercial capacities of producer groups

    -  Supporting democratically owned and controlled producer organizations

    -  Promoting labor rights and the right of workers to organize

    -  Promoting safe and sustainable farming methods and working conditions

    -  Connecting consumers and producers

    -  Increasing consumer awareness and engagement with issues affecting producers

    Look for Fair Trade logos when shopping.