Saturday, May 14, World Fair Trade Day, is a global celebration of fair trade bringing together those committed to building healthy and sustainable communities worldwide. When you choose fair trade products and ingredients, you help improve the lives of small-scale farmers, farm-workers, producers and their families.

Create Positive Change with World Fair Trade Day
This May, we highlight the positive change we create though choosing fair trade. As consumers, every purchase we make is a choice that influences the market place. Our choices influence not only which products we see on shelves but where those products come from and how they are made. Choose authentic fair trade brands to create positive change this May and every day by purchasing products made by authentic fair trade brands like Alaffia, Alter Eco, Dr. Bronner’s, Equal Exchange, Farmer Direct Co-op, Guayaki Yerba Mate, Maggie’s Organics, and Theo Chocolate.

Authentic fair trade brands, with your support, are making positive change in the way business is done around the world. This means they are partnering with small-scale producer organizations for their raw materials. And that every step along their brands’ supply chains, workers have the basic rights that we expect to see in our own communities. Fair trade farmers and producers also create positive change by restoring and improving their natural environment, engaging in democratically run organizations, and more. So whether it’s your coffee or chocolate, t-shirts or socks, soaps and shampoos, or bananas and nuts, there’s a supply chain dedicated to positive change within the production of these every-day goods.

Find products from dedicated fair trade brands on sale at Seward Co-op this May. Other natural foods co-ops and stores across the nation are creating positive change by celebrating World Fair Trade Day, and showcasing dedicated fair trade brands. Click here to view other participating stores. We’re proud to see many retailers working together to offer more than just healthy food, but a healthy global economy too.