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Children of the Kuapa Kokoo Cooperative hold up a Fair Trade chocolate bar
Today is the best day of the year for those of us with an unquenchable sweet tooth: Halloween! If you’re too old to go trick-or-treating yourself this year, stay home and hand out Fair Trade Certified Chocolate to trick-or-treaters and explain the significance [...]

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Way 19: Learn More about Fair Trade Certified Coops

Fair Trade Cooperatives

Two members of the SCFCU Coop in Ethiopia pick coffee beans

Learn more about these coops at TransFair USA’s producer profile page!

Members of the Idulgashinna tea cooperative in India

A family from the Indulgashina Coop in Sri Lanka picking tea leaves

Answers to yesterday’s Trivia: Both answers could be found at http://transfairusa.org/content/resources/faq.php

1) Question: Besides fair prices, what is one other Fair Trade principle that guides Fair Trade Certification?

Answer: (Any of these): Fair labor conditions, direct trade, democratic and transparent organizations, community development, environmental sustiainability

2) Bonus Question: What is FLO?

Answer: Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO) is an umbrella organization that unites 20 Labelling Initiatives (like TransFair USA) in 21 countries and 3 Producer Networks representing Fairtrade Certified Producer Organizations in Latin America, Africa and Asia. FLO, based in Bonn, Germany, certifies and promotes Fair Trade products internationally and is composed of two separate organizations