And shoppers will find that Fair Trade certified clothing is typically about 5 percent more expensive than similar items that don't have the label.

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Every PAC coffee farmer now meets Fair Trade Certified standards, allowing their product to be sold at a premium and quite possibly end up in the bottom of your cup of specialty coffee.

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Yes, they have some percentage of products fair trade certified or organic certified, but very little is known about how they treat employees, their impact in the community, and their environmental footprint as a company.

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And my organization, Root Capital, is financing two fair trade certified, organic cocoa enterprises, Kpeya Agricultural Enterprise and Balmed Holdings, both of which are breathing new life into the shattered countryside of Sierra Leone.

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It is indeed certified by the USDA as containing 100% organic ingredients, and it meets Fair Trade standards, which is certified by the Institute for Marketecology as complying with humane trade rules with farmers.

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The charming Crown Heights shop specializes in "local, green, fair and direct-trade products, " like 100% certified organic cotton tea towels.

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The balls, hand-stitched by unionized Pakistani workers who earn a living wage, are certified by a watchdog group called the Fair Trade Labeling Organization.

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