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Online retailer Looma Home recently launched their range of sustainable cotton bedding on the Canadian market.

New campaign pulls back the peel on Canada’s favorite fruit.

Fairtrade Canada staff will be busy at a number of trade events this fall, making connections with businesses looking to make a new commitment to ethical purchasing as well as renewing ties with our existing licensees.

Sobeys led the way as the first national grocery banner in Canada to offer Fairtrade flowers from Kenyan farms in 2011.

The University of Waterloo recently celebrated its designation as Canada’s 36^th Fair Trade Campus. Fairtrade certified products are available at a wide range of outlets across the campus, including residence cafeterias, non-franchise coffee shops and other locations.

Fairtrade Canada recently published its 2018 Annual Report, a comprehensive look at what we achieved during the past year, both here in Canada and around the world.

Fairtrade today welcomed the announcement by the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana to implement a floor price for cocoa of US$2,600 per metric tonne. Farmers in the two countries, which together produce more than 60 percent of the world’s cocoa supply, have been hit hard by a collapse in cocoa prices in 2017. 

A multi-country survey released today shows that a majority of shoppers are familiar with the FAIRTRADE Mark and believe it reflects their personal values. Consumers have trust in the FAIRTRADE Mark and closely associate it with providing fair prices, a living income and helping farmers to escape from poverty – attributes which are all crucial to building trust.