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Where to Buy Fair
Trade Gifts, Chocolate, Coffee in Madison, Wisconsin Area
The Madison area is a great place to live and shop.
One of the reason is that there is a community of people and groups that support
sustainable development, fair trade, local artisans, their communities and
environment. Listed below are some of the internationally produced
fair trade retailers and also links to organizations that support Wisconsin's
home grown sustainable farmers and local artisans.
You can made a difference as you shop every day - here are some
options!!!
Fair
Trade Retail Shops
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A Greater Gift
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A Greater Gift/SERRV
International
Gifts that Make A Difference
for over 50 years. SERRV's Mission is to promote
social and economic progress of people in developing
regions of the world by marketing their products in
a just and direct manner.
Retail location: 2701 Monroe St.,
Madison, WI 53711
Contact: (608) 233 4438,
Web Site Info &
Purchases:
http://www.agreatergift.org
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Fair Indigo |
Fair Indigo is a new
clothing company with a different way of doing business
commiting to create stylish, high-quality clothes while
paying a fair and meaningful wage to the people who
produce them.
Retail location:
at Hilldale Mall at Midvale and University (www.hilldale.com)
in the outdoor shops on Price Place Phone:
Contact:
(608)661-7662.
Web Site Info & Purchases:
http://www.fairindigo.com
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Terra Experience |
Terra Experience Doll
clothes!!!
folk art, books, ethnic textiles, Huipils, gifts and other fun and
educational stuff from Guatemala and the markets of the World. A fair
trade small business.
Retail location:
240 Regent St, Madison WI
(at Stony Hill Antiques, corner of Regent & Allen, between Football stadium
and West High School; Hours: Tue - Sat 10 am to 5 pm.)
Contact:
(608)231-1247.(retail store);
(608)849-8720 (web)
Web Site Info & Purchases:
http://TerraExperience.com
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Fair Trade
Chocolate and Coffee 
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Location/ Phone or web |
Coffee Shop |
Bulk Coffee |
Whole-
sale |
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Sold is Fair Trade
Certified |
Divine Chocolate |
Madison
is a Divine Town! Available at many local coffee shops, coops and
gift stores http://www.serrv.org/divine . If your favorite shops don't carry
it - ask them to - It's Divine!!!
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Chocolate |
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Equal Exchange Coffee
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Available at many local
coops, Michelangelo's' Coffee shop, & Woodman's grocery stores. Worker-owned cooperative
sells
100% Fair Trade Coffee, Tea & Cocoa. For more information
http://equalexchange.com
Midwest office: 608/259-9193
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Coffee |
100% |
Just Coffee |
Just Coffee is a 100% fair trade roaster that is committed to the
movement of fair trade as well as selling fair trade coffee.
For
more informationt:
http://justcoffee.coop/
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local cafes |
online
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local stores |
Coffee |
100% |
Madison Cooperatives that Sell Fair Trade (FT) Certified Coffee and Organically Grown
Products
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FT
Coffee Shop/
Bar |
FT
Bulk Coffee |
Approx
% Sold is FT
Certified |
Fair
Trade Chocolate |
| Regent
Market Coop |
A wonderful neighbor to have, Regent Market Coop is
located at 2136 Regent Street (map). Phone: 233-4329. Parking -- on
street, behind market 3-6 pm, Blessed Sacrament west lot. Open 8 am - 9
pm, every day of the week.
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| Willy
Street Coop |
A Madison natural foods cooperative since 1974, 10,000 member
strong. A Eastside community treasure. Learn more from their
web site: www.willystreet.coop. or stop by at 1221 Williamson Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53703 (map
-just off John Nolen Drive on Madison's Eastside). Phone:
(608) 251-6776 or toll free (888) 762-6776. Open 8 am to 9 pm daily!
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Don't forget the Annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival - December 6th
2008
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For information on purchasing locally and sustainably produced foods
direct from farms, see links below.
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| Madison Area
CSA Coalition |
Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition,
www.macsac.org --
Lists area Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farms and how to become
a member of one as well as ordering information on their
foodbook: From Asparagus to Zucchini: A Guide to Farm-Fresh,
Seasonal Produce.
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| REAP Food
Group |
REAP Food Group,
www.reapfoodgroup.org
-- Publishes the Farm-Fresh Atlas which lists over 50 farms selling
produce, meats, cheeses, honey and other food items directly to
customers.
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| Local Harvest |
www.localharvest.org.
This link will allow you to locate the many farmers markets serving
the Madison area as well as sources for local foods around the country
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Fair
Trade Information And Organizations
Madison and Wisconsin
- Community Action on Latin
America (CALA)--- CALA
organizes and sponsors Madison Annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival. CALA is a
Madison, Wisconsin - based
student and community organization, founded in the early 1970s as a group
committed to pursuing issues of social justice and US accountability in
Latin American affairs. The CALA of the late 1990s continues to pursue these
goals through a program of educational outreach, community development,
social responsibility awareness, and solidarity work with groups in both
Latin America and the United States.
www.calamadison.org
- Madison Fair Trade Action
Alliance --- MadFTAA brings together a diverse array of Wisconsin
community organizations including environmental, labor, faith based and
social justice perspectives. They work on educating the public,
organizations and legislators on issues related to the concept popularly
termed globalization. Their mission is to work for fair trade
alternatives based on democratic, grassroots participation, social and
economic justice, and environmental sustainability. Use of non-violent
actions and strategies is integral to our approach.
http://www.madftaa.org/
- Madison Public Library:
http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/calendar/november/fairtrade.html
- Willie Street Cooperative:
http://www.willystreet.coop/fair_trade_in_madison
National and International
- Fair Trade Federation (FTF)
--- 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.
http://www.fairtradefederation.com/
- Coop America --- Co-op
America is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1982 with a
mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors,
businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just ([ncludes fair
trade] and environmentally sustainable society.
http://www.coopamerica.org .
- Fair Trade Resource Network --- The Fair
Trade Resource Network raises consumer awareness about improving people’s
lives through Fair Trade alternatives
http://www.fairtraderesource.org
- Transfair
--- TransFair USA, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization, is the only independent, third-party certifier of Fair Trade
practices in the United States. Through regular visits to Fair Trade farmer
cooperatives conducted by Fairtrade Labeling Organizations International (FLO),
and partnerships with US companies, TransFair verifies that the farmers who
produced Fair Trade Certified
products were paid a fair price.
http://transfairusa.org/
- Fair Trade Foundation ---
The Fairtrade Foundation is the independent non-profit
organisation that licenses use of the FAIRTRADE Mark on products in the UK
in accordance with internationally agreed Fairtrade standards. http://www.fairtrade.org.uk
Last updated March, 2008 Please send suggested
corrections, updates and additions that you would like considered to lynn@TerraExperience.com
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