What is Fair trade?
[[File:Rättvisemärkt.jpg|thumb|150px|{{Center|[[Sweden|Swedish]] Fair Trade Symbol}}]] '''Fair trade''' is a [[social movement]] which tries to help people who make things in [[Developing country|developing countries]]. It helps people to work in better conditions and get more money for what they make, giving workers opportunities to improve their lives and plan their future, which reduces [[poverty]] as a result. The movement also tries to [[Sustainability|protect]] or improve the [[environment]]. Fair trade helps people in developing countries sell things to people in [[Developed country|developed countries]]. Things that are sold in [[international trade]] are [[handicraft]]s and other [[manufacturing|manufactured goods]], [[agriculture|agricultural]] products such as [[grain]]s, [[coffee]], [[cocoa]], [[sugar]], [[tea]], [[banana]]s, [[honey]], [[cotton]], [[quinoa]], fresh [[fruit]], [[chocolate]], [[wine]], [[flower]]s, and minerals such as [[iron]] and [[petroleum]]. Merchandise that has fair trade status must be given a fair trade [[certificate]]. This says it follows rules about fairness to workers and the environment. This will mean the product can put the [[International Fairtrade Certification Mark|Fairtrade]] symbol on their packaging if they earn the certificate. ==Related pages== *[[Moral purchasing]] *[[Oxfam]] == Other websites == *[https://www.fairtrade.net/ FLO International] *[https://www.flocert.net/ FLOCERT] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216043056/http://www.flo-cert.net/ |date=2020-12-16 }} {{stub}} [[Category:Trade]]