Liz Lovely pouring Fair Trade dark chocolate into a pastry bag. She's about to decorate 1000's of cookies!

Fair Trade

Key Principles of Fair Trade

• Fair Prices for Goods
• Safe Working Conditions
• Environmental Protection
• Gender Equality
• Opportunity for the Economically Disadvantaged
• Transparency from Farm to Market

Why Support Fair Trade?

Existing trade agreements between the U.S. and overseas partners do not protect human rights and the environment. This lack of effective policy favors farms that underpay workers, use child labor, and destroy their land with chemicals and unsustainable farming practices. By supporting Fair Trade, you support the alternative.

Not Just for Coffee

While you may be most familiar with Fair Trade in the context of coffee, that's not the whole story. The goal is for every imported agricultural product to be traded fairly and monitored. In the U.S., you can find Fair Trade coffee, chocolate, bananas, sugar, rice, tea... maybe more? Support for these programs are growing every day!

Liz Lovely is Fair Trade Certified™ That means that every ingredient in our Fair Trade Certified™ cookies that's currently being monitored by TransFairUSA is meets fair trade standards or is temporarily exempted due to a lack of supply. TransFairUSA requires its producers to supply detailed information about products, ingredients, and sources.