Fair Trade Holiday Gift Guide from TransFair USA!
Ah, the season of giving! A time to exchange thoughtful presents with friends and family and bring a little holiday joy to those around you. This holiday season, why not spread the cheer with gifts that keep on giving? By purchasing Fair Trade Certified gifts for the holidays, you are not only ensuring that the person who made your gift received a fair wage, but you are also contributing to the alleviation of poverty in communities of farmers and workers around the globe. Fair Trade means you’re giving a gift to the lucky recipient as well as to the farmer, the farmer’s children and the farmer’s local community for generations to come! And with all the different kinds of great Fair Trade products available, you can easily find that perfect gift. Here’s a Fair Trade Holiday Gift Guide (click for PDF!) to help you put a smile on more than a few faces.
What better way to say Happy Holidays?
Gifts that Keep on Giving
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Gifts for Health and Relaxation
This gift basket contains spa slippers, Grapefruit Bath Salts, Nail Brush, and Body Splash. This basket is all anyone needs for a relaxing day! www.generationsspa.com |
 Theo Chocolate Wine Pairing Kit
Wine and chocolate go together perfectly! This kit helps pair Theo chocolate with your favorite wines. It includes instructions on holding a wine and chocolate tasting party, and comes with five chocolate bars specifically chosen for their excellent ability to be enjoyed with wine! www.theocchocolate.com |
 Blends for Life Organics Shea Butter for Men
Fair Trade Certified™ Shea Butter, made just for men! This all-natural moisturizer will leave any man’s skin feeling soft, refreshed, and renewed! Blends for Life Organics also carries other Fair Trade Certified™ Shea Products, perfect for men, women, and children. www.blendsforlifeorganics.com |
 Fairhills Wine by Organic Wine Trade Company
Fairhills is one of the world’s most well known Fair Trade Certified™ wines. Their wines are sourced from Argentina, South Africa, and Chile. Fairhills wine is a perfect complement for Theo’s Chocolate Wine Pairing Kit, are a great conversation starter to bring to a holiday party. www.organicwinetradecompany.com |
 Aura Cacia Organic Fair Trade Certified™ Body Polish
This body polish uses sugar cane granules to lift away dull skin, and includes creamy shea butter, coconut oil and vitamin E to soften and soothe. www.auracacia.com |
Gifts for Coffee and Tea Lovers
Send your favorite coffee lover on a Fair Trade tour–through coffee! Green Mountain Coffees Fair Trade Certified Organic Coffee of the Month Tour delivers two great tasting bags on different Fair Trade Organic coffee each month for a year! Give a gift of Fair Trade that will last the whole year through! www.greenmountaincoffee.com |
 Numi Tea Single Origins Tea Set
This beautiful tea set includes a black ceramic teapot with strainer and matching cups adorned with a flower motif, and four tins of organic teas from around the world. www.numitea.com |
 Zhena’s Gypsy Tea Holiday Teas
Spread the joy of tea this holiday season with Zhena’s Fair Trade Certified™ holiday teas, Gingerbread Chai and Peppermint Joy. And for a limited time, Zhena is giving away a little plush Gingerbread Man with order over $40! www.gypsytea.com |
 Alterra Fair Trade Organic Holiday Sampler
Alterra Coffee’s stylish coffee sampler features a half-pound each of four great coffees, all of which are produced by cooperatives that produce Fair Trade Certified™ and certified organic coffees, and that come wrapped in fun, seasonal wrap and half-pound resealable valve bags. www.alterracoffee.com |
 Rishi Tea’s Vintage 2006 Organic Fair Trade Certified™ Pu-erh Tea Set from the Taste of Origin Series
The higher purpose of Taste of Origins is to educate tea drinkers about the geographic origin of tea and why it matters. The tea set includes Vintage 2006 Saiqing Pu-erh Tea, Vintage 2006 Shu Pu-erh Tea, a Glass Loose-leaf Teapot with Artisan Bamboo Tea Scoop, a Mannong Manmai Guide Book, and it all comes in an environmentally friendly Bamboo Gift Box. www.rishitea.com |
Starbucks Fair Trade Certified™ Café Estima Blend Even that hardcore Starbucks fan can receive a Fair Trade gift this year! Starbucks’ delicious Fair Trade Certified™ Café Estima Blend will please any coffee lover! www.starbucks.com |
Gifts for the Cooking Enthusiast
Alter Eco offers a large line of Fair Trade Certified™ food products, including rice, sugar, quinoa, chocolate, and olive oil. Their products make for great gift baskets, and are a great addition to anyone’s kitchen pantry! www.altereco.com |
Frontier Co-op Fair Trade Certified™ Organic Bulk Spices Spice up your favorite cook’s kitchen with these great Fair Trade Certified™ spices! www.frontiercoop.com
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 Simply Organic Fair Trade Certified™ Baking Mixes
These baking mixes are gluten free, organic, whole grain, low fat, easily prepared, and delicious! www.simplyorganic.com |
Stocking Stuffers
Anti-Body’s popular lip balm is now available in an adorable gift set! Great as a stocking stuffer, these all natural lip balms are perfect gifts for children and adults. Anti-Body’s lip balms contain peppermint oil, Fair Trade Certified™ shea butter, vitamin E, and unrefined virgin coconut oil. www.anti-body.com |
Divine Chocolate Foils in Christmas Cathedral These festive chocolate gifts are available in dark chocolate and milk chocolate. They are made with Fair Trade Certified™ cocoa and sugar. Great for a candy dish! www.divinechocolateusa.com |
 Theo Chocolate Confections Box
Theo Chocolate offers a large variety of Fair Trade Certified™ chocolate confections. The confection box chocolate is individually handcrafted and made in small batches. This delicate, delicious candy makes for a great stocking stuffer, or a gift on its own! www.theochocolate.com |
 Fair Trade Sports Soccer Ball
Fair Trade Sports offers soccer, basketball, volleyball, and rugby regulation balls. Fair Trade Sports balls are all eco-friendly, union-friendly, vegan, and Fair Trade Certified™ . They even sell Frisbees! These gifts will make any sports fan happy! www.fairtradesports.com |
| Good luck in all your holiday shopping! For more Fair Trade gift ideas, you can also check out these fantastic holiday guides:
The World of Good Partnership with TransFair USA The Anti-Body/Green America/Fair Trade the White House Gift Guide Happy Fair Trade Holidays! |
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