Did you know that Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is a strong advocate and sponsor of fair trade practices via its CRS Fair Trade Program & CRS Fair Trade Network?
Find out how Fair Trade and Catholic Social Teaching are connected in this seven-page [pdf] resource from the CRS Fair Trade website.
This statement from the CRS Fair Trade website explains why purchasing fair trade products is an act of solidarity:
"The fair choice is the right choice. The daily decisions you make as a consumer can make a real, positive difference in the world. When you choose to buy fair trade products you are making a strong connection with hardworking, but impoverished workers around the world. Our CRS Fair Trade network guarantees fair wages to disadvantaged artisans, farmers and workers. It also provides the technical and financial assistance that poor people so desperately need but so rarely get in the conventional trading system. Team up with us. Buy fair trade products and you return human dignity to people just like you."
To learn more, and stay up to date on CRS Fair Trade issues, visit the CRS Fair Trade Blog.
- Our regional "Just Coffee" (Cafe Justo) "fair trade +" coffee cooperative (based in Agua Prieta & Salvador Urbina, Chiapas) is part of the CRS Fair Trade Network! You can purchase Just Coffee at several parishes and other spots in Tucson (locations to be posted soon).
- CRS promotes a delicious fair trade chocolate: "Divine Chocolate." Learn more about it at the Divine Chocolate Blog
- CRS also supports artisans through their Work of Human Hands (craft) programs.
Stay tuned for more information about Fair Trade issues in Southern Arizona. To learn more about fair trade certification in general, plus find out about newly certified products, see the Fair Trade Certified TM website.
