Introduction to Fair trade

Small farmers

Volatile coffee market

NO Direct Market Access

NO Access to Affordable Credit

What’s the Alternative

to this exploitative system

Yes,

Fair Trade!

Founders:- Rink Dickinson

Jonathan Rosenthal

Michael Rozyne

Co-operatives

Pre harvest Credit

Direct & long Term buying relations

Environmental sustainability

Fair trade Principals• Pay a guaranteed minimum

Price• Work only with Democratically

run small farmers co-operatives• Provide Pre shipment Financing• Develop long term buying

relationships• Encourage economically

sustainable farming practices

Benefits of fair trade• In 2008, Equal exchange paid over

$1 million above market price to coffee co-operatives• In 2008, equal exchange paid $

644945 in fair trade premiums (coffee only)• In 2008, Equal exchange fulfilled

co-operative requests for pre shipment financing, totalling $ 2 million.• In 2008, equal exchange purchased

6.8 million pounds of coffee from small farming co-operatives.

Equal exchange• First fair trade coffee

company in US., est. 1986• Co-operative business model

for profit, worker owned, mission driven and 100% fair trade.• Unique interfaith program• Quality products and great

customer service

Mission of Equal Exchange

• Equal exchange mission is to build long term partnership that are economically just and environmentally sound to foster mutually benefit relations between farmers and consumers and to demonstrate, through our success the viability of worker co-operative and fair trade.

Interfaith Programs• Partnerships with faith based relief, development and human rights

organizations to help communities of faith to learn about and promote fair trade.• For each purchase made through our partnerships, a portion goes

into a small farmer fund that our partner organizations use in their relief and development work. • In 2008, Interfaith program participants purchased more than 1

million pounds of products.• In 2008, there were more than 17900 participants.

UCC coffee project• Partnership with justice and

witness ministries began in 2002.• Join over 900 congregations• For every pound of product

purchased, equal exchange donates 15 cents to the small farmer fund.• In 2008, this totalled $

11,431.

Fairly traded coffee, tea, chocolates, nuts & berries.

Get involved• Serve• Sell• Raise funds• Educate• Travel