In December of 2005 I embarked on a nine-day trip to Nicaragua to study fair trade coffee where it is grown. I already knew a bit about the consumer side of fair trade coffee, having directed a fair ...

Saturday, May 8 is World Fair Trade Day and for the 48 hours that encompass a global day, millions of participants in hundreds of cities in more than 70 countries celebrate with breakfasts, talks, ...

Paul and Lois Culler have made fair trade their business. They opened their first Fair Trade Winds shop in Maine in 2007. Now there are six across the country. Their local shop opened in October in ...

A fair-trade shop called Ten Thousand Villages in downtown Overland Park says its mission is as much about educating the public about fair trade as it is selling the goods the store offers. Store ...

For 50 years, the UNA Gift Shop in Tucson has supported UNICEF through fair-trade goods from around the world.

A new fair-trade business is coming to Peoria Heights just months after Global Village closed its doors. Ten Thousand Villages has operated in Champaign for nearly 40 years under local nonprofit ...

The Fair Trade Shop at Southminster Presbyterian Church, 3500 S. Peoria Ave., will host a Christmas event from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Among the holiday goodies will be ornaments, scarves, chocolate, ...

Sustainable fashion has a definition that’s hard to pin down. While some say that wool is natural and biodegradable, others would argue that the amount of water, grain and deforestation required for ...

After operating for just over two decades, Global Village plans to shut down at the end of the month. The Peoria Heights shop, located at 1308 E. Seiberling Ave., sold coffees, gifts and other ...

Fair trade items and store fixtures are half off at Come Together Trading in Tyler Thursday May 19, 2016. The fair trade shop is closing its Tyler location to take the store on the road for outdoor ...

LIMA — A pop-up holiday and fair trade shop, complete with accounts from artisans worldwide, will take place from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at the Center for Peace and Reconciliation, 129 Pierce St., Lima ...

SACRAMENTO – A longtime fair trade shop in Sacramento announced they'll soon be closing for good. Zanzibar Fair Trade Imports announced Monday that they will be starting a liquidation sale on March 1.