About Fair Trade
Why Fair Trade?
Fair Trade Certified products support a better life for farming families in the developing world through fair prices, direct trade, community development and environmental stewardship.
Food For Thought uses organic fair trade sugar from Paraguay provided by Wholesome Sweeteners. Until signing Fair Trade agreements, many farmers' kids in Tebicuary, Paraguay worked in the fields and horses pulled cane carts. Today, the kids are in school and a tractor does all of the pulling.
About Food For Thought
As part of their natural evolution as a green business, Food For Thought changed their product line to include Fair Trade sugars in all of their preserves.
“Once Fair Trade organic sugar became available on the market, it was an easy decision for us to make,” said Timothy Young, Food For Thought’s chef and President. “We know our fruit comes from local farmers where we have direct relations, where we can assure the fair treatment of people and planet. However, this has not been the case with sugar as it is comes from overseas. Fair Trade certification is third party certified to assure the small farmer is paid a fair wage in the sometimes cruel and exploitative world of globally traded food commodities.”
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First Fair Trade Certified Preserves approved by TransFair USA
TransFair USA, a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, is one of nineteen members of Fairtrade Labeling Organizations International (FLO), and the only independent, third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States. It audits transactions between U.S. companies offering Fair Trade Certified* products and the international suppliers from whom they source, in order to guarantee that the farmers and farm workers behind Fair Trade Certified goods were paid a fair, above-market price. In addition, annual inspections conducted by FLO ensure that strict socioeconomic development criteria are being met using increased Fair Trade revenues.
