Shop our Fair Trade Store
The Fair Trade Store offers thoughtfully handcrafted gifts, home décor, jewelry, textiles, holiday ornaments, greeting cards, and more from fair trade artisan groups around the world.
Every purchase supports artisans who receive fair wages, safe working conditions, and opportunities to build sustainable livelihoods while preserving traditional crafts and cultural heritage.
What is Fair Trade?
Fair-trade creates opportunities for economically and socially marginalized farmers and artisans and is a strategy for poverty alleviation and sustainable development achieved through long-term trading partnerships.
The Fair-Trade Federation supports producers in building their businesses and creates a sustainable supply chain.
Fair-trade is important because it can help to:
Respect the cultural identity of the farmers and artisans and celebrate diversity. Fair trade products and production methods respect the traditions of local communities.
Fair-trade cultivates environmental stewardship by encouraging responsible use of resources and eco friendly production
Fair-trade supports safe and empowering working conditions that are free of discrimination and forced labor.
Fair-trade can help to support community development by providing funds that can be used to build hospitals, wells, and parks for children.
Fair-trade works with artisans in more than 1,900 producer organizations across 68 countries. The Fair-trade system includes a minimum price that artisans are paid when selling their products, as well as a Fair-trade Premium that artisans can decide how to use.
Every purchase helps ensure artisans are paid fairly for their work while supporting ethical businesses that value people and the planet.
Closer to home, proceeds from every sale directly support the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center's work to build more compassionate, just, and connected communities through education, dialogue, and nonviolent action across Western Montana.
