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  • Jun 30, 2008 New Fair Trade Bible study available Resource aims to help consumers learn how their purchasing power can impact social and economic justice worldwide    more right  
  • Jun 20, 2008 Minister ties faith, fair trade in new book Three cents of your $3 cup of coffee goes to the farmer who grew the beans, and this disturbs the Rev. Judy Hoffhine.    more right  
  • Jun 1, 2008 Geiger sews up the world market fairly It’s tough to run a small business anywhere, especially 13,000 feet high in Peru’s Andes Mountains. But that’s where longtime seamstress and Alexandrian Eleanor Geiger found the elements of business in tact...    more right  
  • Jan 22, 2008 Artisans gather in Peru to develop new products for U.S. market Partners for Just Trade director backpacks into the Andes for meetings. Along with her backpack, Carrie Hawthorne is carrying a notebook full of ideas around Peru.    more right  
  • Dec 12, 2007 New Fair Trade Web site launched A non-profit organization related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has launched a Fair Trade Web site aimed at helping disadvantaged Peruvian artisans find a new marketplace for their goods and earn a sustainable wage in return.    more right  
  • Nov 1, 2007 Partners for Just Trade Welcomes Director, Anticipates Growth in Coming Months Partners for Just Trade (PJT), a local Fair Trade organization that helps Peruvian artisans market their crafts in the US, has hired its first executive director, Carrie Hawthorne. PJT, which recently gained non-profit status, is a Fair Trade organization that promotes social and economic justice...    more right  
  • Nov 1, 2007 Fair trade preserves traditions, builds communities The fair trade movement has grown significantly in North America in the past five years. In 2002, total sales of fair trade products in North America were approximately $180 million. By 2005, that number had increased by 53%...    more right  
  • Oct 31, 2007 Clifton woman helps Peruvian artist sell work Ruth Farrell of Clifton spent 10 years in Peru as a Presbyterian Church worker helping native artists and craftspeople form cooperatives and find a market for their goods. She recently saw the results of her work as she and Yody Moran, 30, of Peru - one of the artists she befriended -...    more right  
  • Oct 18, 2007 A fair advantage: Fair trade as hipster label vs. fair trade as a way of life Yody Moran deftly worked two skeins into a tiny finger puppet shaped like a lion last Wednesday night, before a small group of onlookers at a fair trade store here. Were it not for the opportunity to sell crafts like this at a fair price, she might have remained like other women in her...    more right  
  • May 1, 2007 Fair trade group names first executive director From a group selling household items in churches, Partners for Just Trade has grown to an organization helping about 200 artisans in Peru.   Now the organization based in the Shaw neighborhood hopes to help even more Peruvians to a better life by enabling them to receive a much bigger...    more right  
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