The fair trade movement began as a way to support artisans ... Sure, there are pizza cutters and tortilla baskets that are standard and utilitarian but what fun in that? I’m of the opinion ...

Unlike fair trade, direct trade is not a certification ... For example, a few years back, I visited a basket-weaving group in a mountain-top village in Rwanda. We met to negotiate and source ...

It’s filled with not only African baskets but also handbags, batik wall hangings and other African gift decor made with fair-trade guidelines. “I was so taken by their ministry,” Zuehlsdorff ...

Ten Thousand Villages in Alexandria is an independent non-profit shop founded in 1994 by a group of people who wanted to ...

With a trade fair scheduled for August in Germany, I needed to address my supply constraint." Mrs. Kassahun could scale her business and rent factory space to produce more baskets, but this would ...

Wares include baskets, jewelry, traditional artwork ... “Our store and support staff affected by this change have been champions of fair trade, creating connections with customers and artisans ...