I know it's for several good causes, not just one, but I still find it a little pricey. I did use to buy some Fair Trade stuff especially the chocolate, but nowadays I can't really afford it anymore.
I'll only get their stuff that is not too far off compared in price w/ the items from regular brands. So I'll at least try to make an effort.
Perhaps I'll volunteer at a Fair Trade shop in the future. I had a friend that did it & that's how I know about the volunteer. But I did hear about Fair Trade prior to that. The very first time that I heard about Fair Trade was in Vancover when a girl I met from PEI was very into it & environmental stuff. I bought their chocolate from a shop called "Ten Thousand Villages" on Commercial Drive. It was half way b/w UBC main campus where we were staying at & Metrotown. So you have to take the bus to Commercial Drive to catch the Skytrain to Metrotown Shopping Centre in Burnaby.
After returning to Toronto, I found out that they have "Ten Thousand Villages" & Fair Trade products at health/organic food shops in Toronto as well. I have yet to visit Toronto's "Ten Thousand Villages" although I've already tried another shop called Noah's Arc/Noah's Natural Foods on Bloor/Yonge Street.
http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/
http://www.tenthousandvillages.ca/
http://www.healthycoffee.com/ The company donates money to orphans & needy children in countries where they have offices located there.
http://www.bcpassport.com/vancouver-public-transportation/vancouver-skytrain.aspx Skytrain Van
http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/fairtrade Fair Trade @YorkU
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