2 FAIR TRADE GIFT GUIDES AVAILABLE!
To help conscious consumers find Fair Trade gifts this holiday season, Fair Trade Federation and Fair Trade USA have published separate gift guides.
Get them at http://www.fairtradefederation.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/14387
and http://www.fairtradeusa.org/blog/2010/11/ultimate...-fair-trade-holiday-gift-guide/.
Happy Holidays from Norman Fair Trade!
10/11/10
Norman Fair Trade celebrates Fair Trade Month this October!
Norman Fair Trade celebrates FAIR TRADE MONTH 2010!
The theme for 2010's Fair Trade Month is "Every Purchase Matters," meaning that every purchase has power. The Fair Trade Certified label helps you make choices, with the confidence that your product is socially and environmentally sustainable. When you purchase Fair Trade products, you vote with your dollars to support what matters to you. Join Norman Fair Trade this October to learn how you and your purchases can make a difference!
Fair Trade Product Samples!
Every Saturday - October 9, 16, 23, 30 from 11 am - 3 pm
Native Roots Market, 132 W Main St
Fair Trade and the Price of Sugar (film, speaker, and marketplace)
with Francisco Ferreira, president of Cañera del Sur Sugar Cooperative
Monday, October 18 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Common Ground, 324 W Main St
Join us for an evening of Fair Trade as we learn first-hand from a real life sugar farmer!
Individual sugarcane farmers in Paraguay have low bargaining power, little access to price and market information, and low prices that fail to provide sustainable livelihoods for their families. In 1999, Cañera del Sur Sugar Cooperative became Fair Trade Certified. Francisco Ferreira, cooperative President, will share how Fair Trade empowers the farmers to receive better prices as well as receive funds for community projects.
Doors will open at 6:30 PM with a mini Fair Trade market. At 7:00vPM, we'll watch a short film about Fair Trade and our speaker will begin at 7:15vPM.
Brown Bag Lunch
with Francisco Ferreira, president of Cañera del Sur Sugar Cooperative
Tuesday, October 19 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm
Hester Hall Conference Room (Room 140), OU Campus
The Dark Side of Chocolate film screening
Sunday, October 24 at 7:00 pm
Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union, OU Campus
In the week before Halloween, let us be mindful of where all our sweet chocolates come from.
Is the chocolate we eat produced with the use of child labor and trafficked children? The award winning Danish journalist Miki Mistrati decides to investigate the rumors in his documentary The Dark Side of Chocolate.
Watch TRAILER and get more info HERE:
http://www.thedarksideofchocolate.org/
Fair Trade presentation and information table
at Red Earth Group meeting
Thursday, October 28 at 7:00 pm
The Depot, 200 S Jones
Reverse Trick-or-Treating
Stop by our Fair Trade events all month long for a chance to receive some free Fair Trade chocolate from Equal Exchange!
Happy Fair Trade Month from Norman Fair Trade!
The theme for 2010's Fair Trade Month is "Every Purchase Matters," meaning that every purchase has power. The Fair Trade Certified label helps you make choices, with the confidence that your product is socially and environmentally sustainable. When you purchase Fair Trade products, you vote with your dollars to support what matters to you. Join Norman Fair Trade this October to learn how you and your purchases can make a difference!
Fair Trade Product Samples!
Every Saturday - October 9, 16, 23, 30 from 11 am - 3 pm
Native Roots Market, 132 W Main St
Fair Trade and the Price of Sugar (film, speaker, and marketplace)
with Francisco Ferreira, president of Cañera del Sur Sugar Cooperative
Monday, October 18 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Common Ground, 324 W Main St
Join us for an evening of Fair Trade as we learn first-hand from a real life sugar farmer!
Individual sugarcane farmers in Paraguay have low bargaining power, little access to price and market information, and low prices that fail to provide sustainable livelihoods for their families. In 1999, Cañera del Sur Sugar Cooperative became Fair Trade Certified. Francisco Ferreira, cooperative President, will share how Fair Trade empowers the farmers to receive better prices as well as receive funds for community projects.
Doors will open at 6:30 PM with a mini Fair Trade market. At 7:00vPM, we'll watch a short film about Fair Trade and our speaker will begin at 7:15vPM.
Brown Bag Lunch
with Francisco Ferreira, president of Cañera del Sur Sugar Cooperative
Tuesday, October 19 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm
Hester Hall Conference Room (Room 140), OU Campus
The Dark Side of Chocolate film screening
Sunday, October 24 at 7:00 pm
Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union, OU Campus
In the week before Halloween, let us be mindful of where all our sweet chocolates come from.
Is the chocolate we eat produced with the use of child labor and trafficked children? The award winning Danish journalist Miki Mistrati decides to investigate the rumors in his documentary The Dark Side of Chocolate.
Watch TRAILER and get more info HERE:
http://www.thedarksideofchocolate.org/
Fair Trade presentation and information table
at Red Earth Group meeting
Thursday, October 28 at 7:00 pm
The Depot, 200 S Jones
Reverse Trick-or-Treating
Stop by our Fair Trade events all month long for a chance to receive some free Fair Trade chocolate from Equal Exchange!
Happy Fair Trade Month from Norman Fair Trade!
8/22/10
New Avon body care products with Fair Trade ingredients!
New mark. Beauty Products Feature Fair Trade Certified Ingredients
TransFair USA has just begun a partnership with mark.the beauty and fashion boutique brand of Avon Products, which has resulted in the new Body Care That Cares line. With this body care line, mark. leads the charge to bring beauty products that contain Fair Trade Certified ingredients to the U.S. personal care market.
Just in time for summer, the beauty line includes four body care products— SPF body lotion, a body cleanser, body crème and body balm—and incorporates the world’s highest-quality Fair Trade Certified ingredients sourced from countries across the globe, including vanilla and tea extracts from India, cocoa butter from Peru, and chamomile from Egypt.
All Body Care That Cares products are fragrance free, allergy tested, and appropriate for all skin types. The beauty products will be priced at $10-$14, and will be available through mark.’s 50,000 plus Reps, online at www.meetmark.com. Stay tuned to the TransFair USA blog for more exciting developments in the world of Fair Trade beauty products. http://transfairusa.org/blog/?p=4183
TransFair USA has just begun a partnership with mark.the beauty and fashion boutique brand of Avon Products, which has resulted in the new Body Care That Cares line. With this body care line, mark. leads the charge to bring beauty products that contain Fair Trade Certified ingredients to the U.S. personal care market.
Just in time for summer, the beauty line includes four body care products— SPF body lotion, a body cleanser, body crème and body balm—and incorporates the world’s highest-quality Fair Trade Certified ingredients sourced from countries across the globe, including vanilla and tea extracts from India, cocoa butter from Peru, and chamomile from Egypt.
All Body Care That Cares products are fragrance free, allergy tested, and appropriate for all skin types. The beauty products will be priced at $10-$14, and will be available through mark.’s 50,000 plus Reps, online at www.meetmark.com. Stay tuned to the TransFair USA blog for more exciting developments in the world of Fair Trade beauty products. http://transfairusa.org/blog/?p=4183
7/30/10
Fair Trade Futures Conference
Registration for the FAIR TRADE FUTURES CONFERENCE ends on Sunday, August 1!
The Fair Trade Futures Conference will take place from September 10-12, 2010 in Boston, MA. For more information on the conference, please visit http://fairtradeconference.ning.com/.
Top 5 reasons to attend the Fair Trade Futures Conference:
5. Learn how to bring more Fair Trade into your Life, Town, and Business
4. Meet face-to-face with the Fair Trade Artisans and Farmers behind cool Products
3. Build Relationships with the larger Fair Trade Community
2. Pick up practical advice that's tailored to your needs as an Activist, Entrepreneur, Student, etc
1. Be a part of history! Futures Conferences only happen every five years - don't wait to be a part of this growing movement for change!
This will be the largest Fair Trade conference in North American history!
The Fair Trade Futures Conference will take place from September 10-12, 2010 in Boston, MA. For more information on the conference, please visit http://fairtradeconference.ning.com/.
Top 5 reasons to attend the Fair Trade Futures Conference:
5. Learn how to bring more Fair Trade into your Life, Town, and Business
4. Meet face-to-face with the Fair Trade Artisans and Farmers behind cool Products
3. Build Relationships with the larger Fair Trade Community
2. Pick up practical advice that's tailored to your needs as an Activist, Entrepreneur, Student, etc
1. Be a part of history! Futures Conferences only happen every five years - don't wait to be a part of this growing movement for change!
This will be the largest Fair Trade conference in North American history!
5/14/10
Norman becomes Oklahoma's first Fair Trade Town
A resolution passed by the Norman City Council on Tuesday has completed the final step to make Norman the first official Fair Trade Town in Oklahoma and the 17th in the United States.
The resolution expresses support for purchasing goods that are produced locally or, if produced abroad, meet Fair Trade standards that focus on improving quality of life for developing country producers and ensuring environmental sustainability.
“The City of Norman has a responsibility to ensure that city funds are spent in an ethical manner that promotes local economies both domestically and abroad,” the resolution stated.
Communities earn recognition as Fair Trade Towns by making a special commitment to Fair Trade. To qualify, a city must meet five criteria, including support from local businesses, activists, community groups, media outlets, and the city government.
“By becoming a Fair Trade Town Norman has reinforced its leadership role in the areas of sustainability, social responsibility and strengthening of the local economy,” said Ajit Bhand, an organizer with Norman Fair Trade. “Not only does it help local and small businesses, it also positively affects the lives of thousands of farmers and workers in other parts of the world.”
Norman’s achievement of Fair Trade Town status is the result of a two year campaign by Norman Fair Trade. NFT is a volunteer group including Norman citizens of all ages and backgrounds, from retirees to high school and middle school students. They teamed up with local businesses and community groups, the city council, and the Human Rights Commission to spread awareness about Fair Trade and meet the FTT criteria.
“This has been a product that has been worked on by the Human Rights Commission and many activists in our community interested in the issue of ‘buy local and buy fair,’” said Norman Mayor Cindy Rosenthal.
Bhand said the achievement has far-reaching significance because only a handful of towns in the U.S. have taken the initiative to become Fair Trade Towns.
Internationally there are over 300 Fair Trade Towns, but the movement is just getting started in the United States. Other U.S. Fair Trade towns include Taos, NM, San Francisco, CA, and Madison, WI.
Fair Trade products, including coffee, tea, body care products, clothing, and sports equipment, are available at many businesses in Norman. Norman Fair Trade has compiled a Fair Trade map and products listing at their website, http://www.normanfairtrade.org/.
Norman Fair Trade will host a reception to celebrate the achievement today, Friday, May 14th, from 6pm to 7pm at Native Roots Market, 132 West Main St. The reception will also feature photos from the Fair Trade My Norman photo contest, sponsored by Native Roots and Main Street Photo Video.
5/13/10
Pictures from Play Fair Soccer Tournament
World Fair Trade Day celebration focuses on athletics, Norman Transcript, Sunday, May 9, 2010.
Play Fair soccer tournament photos on flickr.
5/4/10
Norman Fair Trade presents
World Fair Trade Day Concert!
Featuring:
The Workweek
(http://www.myspace.com/theworkweek )
Terry "Buffalo" Ware + Friends
(http://www.myspace.com/terrybuffaloware )
John Calvin
(http://www.myspace.com/jcabney )
Doug Rader
(http://www.myspace.com/dougrader)
A $5 donation is suggested, and all proceeds go to benefit Norman Fair Trade.
This celebration is part of world-wide Fair Trade festivities, so please join us in thinking Fair in Norman! This will be the last Friday before exam week so please come out to enjoy great music and support a worthy cause.
Date: Friday, May 7 at 8:00 p.m.
Place: The Second Wind Coffeehouse, 564 Buchanan Ave.
Featuring:
The Workweek
(http://www.myspace.com/theworkweek )
Terry "Buffalo" Ware + Friends
(http://www.myspace.com/terrybuffaloware )
John Calvin
(http://www.myspace.com/jcabney )
Doug Rader
(http://www.myspace.com/dougrader)
A $5 donation is suggested, and all proceeds go to benefit Norman Fair Trade.
This celebration is part of world-wide Fair Trade festivities, so please join us in thinking Fair in Norman! This will be the last Friday before exam week so please come out to enjoy great music and support a worthy cause.
Date: Friday, May 7 at 8:00 p.m.
Place: The Second Wind Coffeehouse, 564 Buchanan Ave.
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