Did coffee help you get through late nights and long lectures during college? If you bought your coffee Fair Trade, your purchase helped give farmers’ kids the chance to attend school. Social premium funds and Fair Trade revenue generated by the U.S. market enable farmers to build schools for their communities, purchase school supplies, and provide scholarships to students of all ages.

Coffee company Green Awakening is 100% dedicated to Fair Trade and to education. Going above and beyond paying Fair Trade prices, Green Awakening gives back 50¢ of every coffee …

TransFair USA’s apparel program is making steady progress: several garment factories in India, Peru and Liberia are currently moving through the certification process. One factory seeking certification in Costa Rica had a Fair Trade training for workers at the beginning of July. The training was held at the CIA Textile facility which produces garments for Maggie’s Organics, a brand that offers a line of fair trade apparel for women as well as unisex tees.

The workshop was facilitated by the Commission for the Verification of Codes of Conduct (Coverco), a Central …

Summer is in full swing! Long days, street fairs, trips to the beach – what’s not to love? But if there’s one harbinger of the season that always seems to disappoint, it’s iced coffee.

If you are like me and have been let down by bitter iced lattes or acidic iced Americanos, rejoice! We have an easy way for you to prepare refreshing “cold-brewed” coffee by combining ground coffee beans with cold water. No boiling water needed!

Believe it or not, using cold water actually releases almost all the delicate flavor compounds in …