Top Fair Trade Products
Fair Quinoa Vodka
As if this smooth and fruity vodka didn't have you feeling good already, it's also made with Fair Trade USA Certified Bolivian quinoa. Delicious and ethical? It's a win all around. Soon to come: Fair Belize rum (available in 2014).$31 for 750ml; caskstore.com
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India Tree Demerara Sugar
This coarse-grain golden sugar has a delicate molasses flavor perfect for finishing baked goods or just simply sprinkled over your morning fruit and yogurt. India Tree's Fair Trade Certified baking sugars are harvested on the island of Mauritius off the southeast coast of Africa. Also recommended: India Tree dark muscovado sugar. $8 for 16 oz; surlatable.com
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Bark Thins Snacking Chocolate Dark Chocolate Pretzel
Chocolaty, salty, crunchy and socially responsible? You could not ask for much more in a snack! Made from Fair Trade Certified chocolate, you can feel good about supporting cocoa farmers around the world while single-handedly polishing off a bag of this addictive chocolate bark. Also available in dark chocolate almond, dark chocolate mint, dark chocolate pumpkin seed and milk chocolate peanut. $13 for 12 oz; ripplebrands.com
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Runa Guayusa Bottled Tea
Brewed from the Amazonian guayusa tree leaf, this bottled tea offers a clear, focused energy equal to one cup of coffee, but with the anti-oxidants of two cups of green tea. Runa works with 2,000 indigenous farmers in the Ecuadorian Amazon, helping them preserve their culture and remain on their land. Available in flavors such as traditional, hibiscus-berry, mint, lemon-lemongrass, unsweetened guava and unsweetened lime. $1.99 for 14 oz; runa.org
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Make a Stand Lemon-Aid
Not your ordinary lemonade, it's lemon-aid! After seeing a picture of two young boys who were slaves, eight-year-old Vivienne Harr decided to make a stand—a lemonade stand—every day for a year. Vivienne raised more than $100,000 for antislavery organizations, and now sells her little “bottles of hope” across the country. Make a Stand Lemon-Aid is sweetened with organic, Fair Trade Certified sugar and agave. Available in Original Pink and Kick! lemonade, with fresh ginger and organic, fair-trade yerba maté—a clean, green, natural energy source. $3 for 8 oz; makeastand.com
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House of Mandela Thembu Collection Wines
Developed by Nelson Mandela's daughter and granddaughter, the HoM wines symbolize the family's desire to bring economic opportunity and empowerment to the people of South Africa. A cooperative of South African families harvest the grapes and produce the wines; the fair-trade premiums fund education and health care improvements in the local community. Wines include a Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Pinotage, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc. $15 to $20 for .75 liter bottle; heritagelinkbrands.com
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Oliberté Shoes
These stylish handcrafted shoes are made by an entire community of Ethiopian men and women who work as farmers, manufacturers and administrators. Not only are these shoes certified Fair Trade, but the cows, sheep and goats from which their leather is sourced are free range and hormone free; plus they live longer than livestock from most developed countries. $125 to $165; oliberte.com
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Cissé Trading Company Dark Chocolate with Cinnamon Hot Cocoa
Perfect on a chilly day, this hot chocolate is made with organic Fair Trade cocoa powder from the Dominican Republic. After warming up with your own cup, you can send a note of gratitude through Cissé to the farmer who produced the ingredients. $15 for 20 envelopes; amazon.com
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Hand in Hand Sustainable Suds Soap
Not only are these naturally scented soaps organic, eco-friendly and elegant, but for each bar sold a bar of soap and clean water is supplied to a person in need. Hand in Hand soaps are made with Fair Trade certified cocoa and shea butters from communities where the workers and farmers are justly compensated and treated fairly. The soaps are available in varieties such as rosewater, lavender and sea salt—perfect partners for your kitchen sink. $22 for two bars; handinhandsoap.com
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Just Love Rwandan Café Femenino Coffee
Each bean in this complex coffee was grown with love by members of the Hinga Kawa Women's Association, part of the Abakunda Kawa coffee cooperative in Rwanda. Fair trade sales have helped these women—many of whom are widows and orphans—send their kids to school and invest in organic certification for their farms. Just Love's Rwandan blend is a smooth, sweet roast with bright berry notes and hints of raisin and apricot.$14 for 13 oz; justlovecoffee.com