Equal Exchange is a for-profit Fairtrade company located in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts that distributes organic, gourmet coffee, tea, sugar, cocoa, and chocolate bars produced by farmer cooperatives in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Founded in 1986, they claim to be the oldest and largest Fairtrade company in the United States. International Fairtrade Certification Mark Fairtrade labelling (usually simply Fairtrade or Fair Trade Certified in the United States) is a product certification system designed to allow consumers to identify products (especially agricultural products such as coffee) which meet agreed standards. ... West Bridgewater is a town located in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. ... An organically-grown apple. ... A cup of coffee Coffee is a popular beverage prepared from the roasted seeds (not beans, though they are almost always called coffee beans) of the coffee plant. ... Tea leaves in a Chinese gaiwan. ... Magnification of typical sugar In non-scientific use, the term sugar means sucrose, also called table sugar or saccharose, a white crystalline solid disaccharide. ... Cocoa beans in a cacao pod Cocoa is the dried and partially fermented fatty seed of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. ... Chocolate most commonly comes in dark, milk, and white varieties, with cocoa solids contributing to the brown coloration. ... A farm co-op or agricultural marketing cooperative is a cooperative business owned by farmers, to produce or (usually) store and market agricultural products. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International: FLO International e.V. (Standard-setting & Producer Support) | FLO-CERT GmbH (Inspection & Certification) Labelling Initiatives: Asociación del Sello de Productos de Comercio Justo Spain | Comercio Justo México | Fair Trade Association of Australia & New Zealand | Fairtrade Austria | Fairtrade Ireland | The Fairtrade Foundation | Max Havelaar Belgium | Association Max Havelaar France | Max Havelaar Denmark | Stichting Max Havelaar | Max Havelaar Norway | Max Havelaar Switzerland | Reilun kaupan Finland | Rättvisemärkt Sweden | Transfair Canada | Transfair Germany | Transfair Italy | Transfair Japan | Transfair Luxemburg | Transfair USA Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... For other uses of fair trade, see fair trade. ... The International Fair Trade Association (IFAT) consists of a global network of Fair Trade Organizations (FTOs). ... International Fairtrade Certification Mark Fairtrade labelling (usually simply Fairtrade or Fair Trade Certified in the United States) is a product certification system designed to allow consumers to identify products (especially agricultural products such as coffee) which meet agreed standards. ... The International Fairtrade Certification Mark is an independent certification mark used in over 16 countries. ... For other uses of fair trade, see fair trade. ... The Fairtrade Foundation is a charity which promotes the sale of Fairtrade-labelled products in the United Kingdom. ... Association Max Havelaar France is the French member of Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO), which unites 20 national Fairtrade initiatives across Europe, Japan, North America, Australia and New Zealand. ... Transfair Canada is a national non-profit certification and public education organization promoting Fair Trade Certified products in Canada to improve the livelihood of developing world farmers and workers. ... Transfair USA, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is one of twenty members of Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO), and the only third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States. ...
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