Links to Additional Resources

For more information on Fair Trade, visit the sites of other NGOs working to promote Fair Trade in the United States.

Coop America Washington, DC Coop America is a membership-based organization that helps socially conscious individuals, businesses, and investors use consumer and investor power for social change. Coop America sponsors the Fair Trade Action campaign, and publishes the National Green Pages TM, a consumer's guide to environmentally and socially responsible businesses.

Cooperative Coffees Americus, GA and Montreal, Canada Cooperative Coffees is a green coffee importing cooperative, comprised of 17 community based coffee roasters in the USA and Canada, committed to supporting equitable and sustainable trade to the benefit of farmers and their exporting cooperatives, families and communities. The CRS Fair Trade Program is proud to work with nine members of the Cooperative Coffees network here in the United States.

Fair Trade Federation (FTF) Washington, DC FTF is an association of Fair Trade wholesalers, retailers, and producers whose members are committed to providing fair wages and good employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and farmers worldwide. FTF directly links low-income producers with consumer markets and educates consumers about the importance of purchasing fairly traded products.

Fair Trade Resource Network (FTRN) Washington, DC FTRN raises consumer awareness Fair Trade, and the ways that improves the lives of low-income producers overseas. FTRN gathers data, conducts research, and provides information about Fair Trade to consumers, the media and Fair Trade advocates, and supports the work of Fair Trade Organizations in the United States.

The International Fair Trade Association (IFAT) Bicester, England IFAT is the world's largest Fair Trade membership organization. IFAT encompasses a global network of more than 200 Fair Trade Organizations in nearly 60 countries around the world, and works to develop a global market for Fair Trade products.

TransFair USA Oakland, CA Through regular visits to Fair Trade farmer cooperatives, TransFair USA verifies that the farmers who produce Fair Trade Certified™ products are paid a fair price. TransFair USA is a non-profit organization is a member of the Germany-based Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO), and works in partnership with U.S. companies that sell Fair Trade Certified products.

Oxfam America Boston, MA Oxfam America is a Boston-based international development and relief agency and an affiliate of Oxfam International. Working with local partners, Oxfam delivers development programs and emergency relief services, and campaigns for change in global practices and policies that keep people in poverty. Oxfam America is also a leader in the Fair Trade movement whose report "Mugged" exposed the profound injustices in the structure of the conventional coffee trade and proposed a coherent agenda for change. For Oxfam's guide to Fair Trade community organizing, click here.

United Students for Fair Trade (USFT) USFT is a national student-run organization working to promote an international economic justice and to advance its vision of a global economy based on just human relationships. USFT's "Fair Trade Full Monty" Campaign is designed to move college campuses in the United States toward 100 percent Fair Trade status.