Finding Out More about Fair Trade
International Fair Trade Networks
Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International (FLO) is the centre for Fairtrade internationally. Go here for information about how producers can be certified, what the Fairtrade standards and prices are and impact studies
IFAT, the International Fair Trade Association, is the membership group for Fair Trade Organisations. Go here for information about Fair Trade Organisation standards and information about individual Fair Trade Organisations.
NEWS, the Network of European World Shops, is the umbrella organisation for Fair Trade and World Shops in Europe. Its UK member is the British Association of Fair Trade Shops (BAFTS). Go to BAFTS to find out where Fair Trade shops are located, see the BAFTS standards for Fair Trade shops and importers, and a wide variety of Fair Trade resources.
EFTA, the European Fair Trade Association, provides statistics about Fair Trade in Europe and advocates on Fair Trade issues with the EU. EFTA has a particular brief to work on issues of Fair Trade in public procurement (ie whether councils can specify that products they buy must be fairly traded)
Centre for Alternative and Fair Trade Studies is an international network of scholars and practitioners analyzing initiatives which seek to enhance social justice and environmental sustainability through fair and alternative production, distribution, and consumption practices.
British Fair Trade Organisations
The Fairtrade Foundation website offers a mixture of general information about Fairtrade and campaigning material focused on the UK.
Local Fair Trade Coalitions and Pages
Aylesbury Fair Trade Initiative
Leighton Linslade Town Council Fairtrade Page
Milton Keynes Fair Trade Forum
Oxford Student Fair Trade Coalition
Reading Fairtrade Town Initiative
Stanford in the Vale' s Fairtrade page
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Fairtrade Group
Witney Area Fair Trade Action Group
Photographs courtesy of the Fairtrade Foundation, www.fairtrade.org.uk