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Rubi Lopez Haiyan Wang Demsina Babazadeh Hannah Hankins
Yi Wang
What is it? — A system that makes sure that commodi>es are bought at a fair price to the producer — The farmer becomes more and more connected to you, the consumer via this logo
Charity? — Fair Trade is not a charity, however, makes no profits itself. The whole purpose of this organiza>on (Fair Trade USA) is to send a significant chunk of money back to the producer
Money. Money. Money. — The money that is made via fair trade infla>on to retail price is specifically designated for social, economic and environmental development projects to the community they live in (PROS)
Why isn’t every store becoming fair trade friendly?
Coffee Tea and Herbs
Cocoa and Hot Chocolate Seed co3on
Flowers and Plants Cane Sugar Bananas Fresh Fruit
Nuts Rice
Vanilla Flowers
Fair Trade Products
What are we doing? • UC Davis Dining Services launched “Banana Campaign” in Feb 2012— now all bananas = fair trade!
• Fair Traded Starbucks coffee ONLY • Fair Traded chocolates • Fair Traded Honest Tea • If they are claimed to be “Fair trade” they must be cer>fied by IMO Fair for life, FLO, Fair Trade USA
h[p://dining.ucdavis.edu/documents/UCDavisSustainableFoodserviceProgressReport-‐2014.pdf
One of the strengths of Fair Trade Health Promotion
Organic and Fair Trade
• A nearly half of all Fair Trade Certified imports were organic.
• Organic products are free from chemicals such as pesticides which are found in conventionally produced foods. This is great for food service!
• Fair Trade and Organic go hand in hand. In order for food products to qualify as Fair Trade commodities, they have to pass the quality assurance test or the certification process that ensures they are free of chemicals
• UC President Janet Napolitano has commi[ed the University of California Campuses to “healthy living”
• According to Napolitano, “ this ini>a>ve brings together the University’s research, outreach and ampus opera>ons in an effort to develop and export solu>ons throughout California, the United States and the world for food security, health and sustainability.”
• This ini>a>ve stretches to 10-‐campuses
• Key point of the ini>a>ve that is linked to Fair-‐Trade is: “developing policies to be[er enable small growers to become suppliers”. This is the basis of Fair Trade
Objec>ve:
What Does It Take To Be Certified Fair Trade?
• First producer/ companies focus on sustainable produc>on and improve living condi>ons for workers
• Professionaliza>on of processes in order to improve quality and the value of the product
Requirement: • Obey with the na>onal labor laws and the conven>ons of the interna>onal
Labor Organiza>on
• Obey with basic environmental standards, sustainable water and energy use, reduced the use of chemicals in farming, reduc>on of soil and tree erosion, promo>on of biodiversity.
• Traceability flow of goods and transparency in financial flows.
Why a Farm/Farmer Would Chose Not To Classify As Fair Trade? (Drawbacks of Fair Trade)
• An inves>ga>on by the I-‐DEV ( Interna>onal Development) had observed that not a single farmer could say whether their life had improved financially or otherwise since the arrival of Fair Trade
• Farmers felt no sense of ownership in their co-‐op. Farmers were completely unaware about their produce were sold, how much they sold for or what they were used for.
• Problem with the transparency of business dealing not clear due to language and literacy barriers.
What are companies
doing?
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� Brett, A. (2011). Fairtrade, fair-trade, fair trade and ethical trade: semantics, politics and development. Food Chain, 1(1), 117-125.
� DeGroat, B. (2012, March 15). Consumers mistake fair-trade foods for lower-calorie | University of Michigan News. Consumers mistake fair-trade foods for lower-calorie | University of Michigan News. Retrieved October 19, 2014, from http://ns.umich.edu/new/releases/20277-consumers-mistake-fair-trade-foods-for-lower-calorie
� Module 2: Organic and Fair Trade Certified. (n.d.). Organic and Fair Trade Certified. Retrieved October 19, 2014, from http://www.uniteforsight.org/food/module2
� Dragusanu, Raluca, Daniele Giovannucci, and Nathan Nunn. "The Economics of Fair Trade." Journal of Economic Perspectives 28.3 (2014): 217-36. Journal of Economic Perpective. Web.
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� http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-launches-global-food-initiative