This Easter, everybody will be hopping to Fair Trade for socially conscious, eco-friendly Easter gifts. With Cadbury's recent announcement to achieve Fair Trade certification this summer for its Dairy Milk bar—England's top selling chocolate bar—pressure has been mounting on U.S. chocolate companies to do the same. U.S. consumers are increasingly purchasing socially conscious, Fair Trade products that not only look good, but also do good. This Easter, show your loved ones you really care: Buying Fair Trade gifts, such as Global Exchange's Fair Trade Easter Bunny with Divine chocolate, shows your love for the people who make these products as well as your dedication to doing your part to protect the environment.
Global Exchange has seven retail Fair Trade Stores: an Online Store (www.globalexchangestore.org) and brick & mortar locations (in San Francisco, Portland, Berkeley and Washington, D.C.) All products are Fair Trade, meaning the producers receive a fair wage within the local context and work in healthy, safe conditions. For more information about Global Exchange's Fair Trade Easter gifts, visit: www.globalexchangestore.org
1) Name: Fair Trade Easter Bunny
Description: The Fair Trade Easter Bunny is both sweet and adorable! The Fair Trade Easter Bunny is accompanied by one Divine dark chocolate and one light. Divine chocolate sources all their chocolate from Kuapa Kokoo, a farmers' co-operative in Ghana. Kuapa Kokoo has a meaningful input into how Divine is produced, sold, and shares its profit.
Price: $25.50
Direct url: http://www.globalexchangestore.org/fairtradebunny.html
2) Name: Bundle of Bunnies
Description: Each yummy zippered carrot pouch contains three adorable white bunnies. Makes a great compact toy to take along on a road trip or a visit to grandma's house. Country of Origin: Thailand. We include a card with our items to share the story behind what makes each one special.
Price: $16
Direct url: http://www.globalexchangestore.org/bunnies.html
3) Name: Easter Chocolate Minis
Description: The Easter Chocolate Minis consist of 42 individually wrapped, Fair Trade, Organic dark chocolate pieces tied with a Easter friend from Peru.
Price: $11.50
Direct url: http://www.globalexchangestore.org/eastermini.html
4) Name: Market Baskets Description: Jumbo-sized and hand-woven by young men in Ghana. The weaving of market baskets is a traditional skill handed down from father to son in and around Bolgatanga in northern Ghana. This basket generates much needed income for the producers and their families. Each basket is one-of-a-kind;
Direct url: http://www.globalexchangestore.org/marketbasket.html