Socially conscious retailers have come together with local organizations to create The Ohio Fair Trade Network. This group has accomplished remarkable achievements. John Carroll University established ...

Inside a storefront on Lititz’s Main Street, there’s an explosion of colors and patterns, textiles and materials that seems to draw the eye everywhere at once. Wooden mobiles shaped like puffins and ...

Sorting through piles of rugs, Yousaf Chaman stopped to focus on one in particular. Its vibrant hues and livestock patterns reminded him of a place he had been before: a village in the Pakistani ...

If you're interested in opening a socially conscious business, a fair trade business may be for you. As a fair trade retailer, you will work directly with wholesalers to purchase inventory made by ...

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — For those looking for global artisan-made goods, the St. Kateri Fair Trade Market is back in-person for the first time since 2019. Holiday shoppers will be able to ...

Lorma Wiebe doesn't need convincing. After 23 years managing Ten Thousand Villages in downtown Kearney, Wiebe has seen the power of fair trade. It came home to her this month in messages from India, ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Teresa Fritschi seeks out artisans in hidden corners of Scotland, pays generously for their lamb's-wool blankets, Orkney driftwood chairs and organic-tweed jackets, and peddles their ...

IOWA CITY — An Iowa City nonprofit will host their 5th Annual Fair Trade Oriental Rug Event later this month to “financially empower” Pakistani women who have little opportunity for employment in ...