October is Fairtrade Month

Ok, folks. I’m a bit late with that information but here are some resources to help you buy more fairtrade products.

Think there’s only fairtrade coffee and chocolate? Think again. Here’s a list of products available with fairtrade certification. Keep an eye out for them at your favorite store.

Coffee CoffeeCocoa Chocolate Cocoa Dried Fruits & Vegetables Dried Apricots Dried Apples Dried Bananas Dried Dates Dried Mangos Dried Pineapples Dried Raisins Dried Tomatoes Fresh Flowers and Plants Single Stem Cut Flowers Bouquets Potted Plants and Trees Bulbs & Stems Cut Foliage Fresh Fruit Apples Avocado Bananas Coconut Grapefruit Grapes Lemons Limes Lychees Mandarins Mango Nectarines Oranges Papaya Passion Fruit Peaches Pears Pineapples Plaintains Plums Soft Citrus	Fresh Vegetables Green Beans Green Pepper New Potatoes Red Yellow Pepper Fruit Juices Apple Juice Araza Pulp Banana Puree Grapefruit Juice Guava Pulp Lime Juice Mandarin Juice Mango Puree Orange Juice Pineapple Juice Passion Fruit Juice Honey Nuts Almonds Peanuts Macademia Nuts Cashew Nuts Amazonia Nuts Sesame Seeds Shea Butter Apricot Seeds Walnuts Olives & Olive Oil Quinoa Seed Cotton Soybean and Pulse	Spices & Herbs Black Pepper White Pepper Ginger Nutmeg Mace Turmeric Clove Cardamom Cinnamon Lemon verbena Dill Lemongrass Orange leaves Chamomile Peppermint Lemon balm Borage Basil Celery Oregano Parsely Rosemary Hibiscus ThymeSportsballs Cane Sugar Tea Camellia Sinensis Tea Rooibos Tea Wine

Can’t find fairtrade products in your stores? Check these places for fairtrade products. I know these are all national chains. So if you have a local food coop or health food store, check there first. And always make sure to look for the fairtrade logo.

Fair Trade Certified products are served at many national cafes and restaurants:

Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shops – Ask for Vanilla, Chocolate, Coffee or Coffee Heath Bar Crunch ice cream.
Bruegger’s – Ask for their daily Fair Trade Certified brewed coffee.
Caribou Coffee – Ask for the Fair Trade Blend.
Dunkin’ Donuts – Order any hot or iced espresso drink.
Einstein Bagels – Ask for their Global Village Fair Trade Blend.
Indigo Coffee – Ask for their Global Village Fair Trade Blend.
Noah’s Bagels – Ask for their daily Fair Trade Certified brewed coffee.
Peet’s Coffee and Tea – Ask for the Fair Trade Blend.
Seattle’s Best Coffee – Ask for the Fair Trade Certified Organic French Roast.
Starbucks Coffee – Ask for Cafe Estima.
Tully’s Coffee – Order any hot or iced espresso drink.

Fair Trade Certified products are available at many retailers:

Costco – Look for Kirkland Signature FTC Coffee
Fred Meyer – Look for FTC coffee, chocolate, tea
Giant – Look for FTC flowers, coffee, tea, chocolate
Kroger – Look for FTC coffee, chocolate, tea
Organic Bouquet – Look for FTC flowers
Safeway – Look for FTC coffee, tea, sugar
Sam’s Club – Look for Member’s Mark® coffee, Neu Direction FTC wine, Peterson Farms FTC Sweetened Dried Triple Cherry & Cherry Berry Blend, FTC bananas, & online FTC flowers
Target – Look for Wandering Grape FTC wines, Archer Farms FTC coffee
Trader Joe’s – Look for FTC coffee and chocolate
Wal-Mart – Look for Sam’s Choice FTC coffee, Peterson Farms FTC Chocolate Covered Dried Cherries
Wegman’s – Look for FTC coffee, tea, chocolate, sugar
Whole Foods Market – Look for FTC coffee, tea, chocolate, wine, sugar, energy bars, body care products, flowers, rice