A Great Fair Trade Boutique in San Diego!

Fair trade provides under and unemployed artisans from around the world with an opportunity to earn a livable wage and improve their quality of life by establishing a sustainable market for their products 

The Unity Center in San Diego believes in giving back to the global community and does this by selling fair trade products.  In 2007 they partnered with Exotic World Gifts so that they could provide a wide range of high quality fair trade gift items to members of their community and the public.

This partnership, combined with the congregation's passion for hand-crafted fair trade gift items, has grown into "Partners Fair Trade Boutique" one of the largest Fair Trade stores in all of San Diego.

When you purchase a beautiful product from our "Partners" not only are you helping to provide a sustainable income for these great artists, you are also helping to fund our micro-finance projects around the world.   The Unity Center's boutique is located at 8999 Activity Road San Diego 92126 and is open after the 9 & 11am services.  It is well worth the trip!

Had a great time with Fair Trade supporters at K & B Wine Cellars.  K & B offered their Fair Trade Vodka and Fair Trade liquors at 10% off that night.  Everyone sampled Fair Trade chocolate and enjoyed appetizers!

Check out:  FAIR SPIRITS at http://www.fairspirits.com

"FAIR is the world's first and unique Fair Trade Certified line of spirits. We respect about 200 rules to make sure that we pay the farmers at a fair price. It enables them to cover their production costs, live from farming, educate their children and build schools.

We're happy, the famers are happy, and we're sure you'll be happy with our FAIR Spirits."

Join Fair Trade San Diego & 

La Mesa Fair Trade

 for a Meet & Greet opportunity!  

All are welcome! Please come!

 K  & B Wine Cellars 

December 5  •  5-7:30pm

6380 Del Cerro Boulevard   •   San Diego, CA 92120
                                  (619) 286-0321  

Enjoy samples of Fair Trade chocolate while having the opportunity to purchase

Fair Trade vodka from Fair Trade Spirits.  

(Think Human.  Drink FAIR.) 

Consider shopping at Windmill Farms  - located next store for Fair Trade products!

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Looking to purchase

  Fair Trade Gifts Holiday Season?  

Check out these venues!  Your gifts count twice!

Shift Your Holiday Shopping & 

Purchase with a Purpose!

Buy Great Fair Trade Gifts and Help Fight Human Trafficking
Wed., Dec. 4th 5p to 8p Click here  for more details.

Wouldn’t it be cool if your holiday purchases could empower women, support locally owned and socially responsible businesses, and help fight human trafficking? Guess what...they can!You are invited to relax and mingle. Grab a snack and a drink. And of course, check out a great selection of Fair Trade, eco-friendly, and all-out awesome gifts.

Roots of Giving Fair Trade Market

Friday, Dec. 6 from 6-10pm

 Pt. Loma Nazarene Univ.
3900 Lomaland Dr. SD

The Purpose (Around the World Gifts)

Oktoberfest Fair Trade 

Gift Faire was a success!

It was a great event in La Mesa!  Over 400 people shopped for Fair Trade products at the Oktoberfest Fair Trade Gift Faire.  We thank Rigo of Cafe Virtuoso, Ephraim from Ben & Jerry's, Jeanne from Cool Beans Chocolate, Torrey & Chase of Cafe Moto, Sharry from Dr. Bronners, Lucia from Malia Designs, Antoine from VavaVida, Jude from Fair Trade Decor, Evangley from Around the World Gifts and more.  Fair Trade samples of honey sticks, bubble gum, sugar and more were up for grabs! It is exciting to see SDSU coming on board with Fair Trade and "tableing" at this event.  Check out Fair Trade SDSU, to continue the momentum of a Fair Trade campus.

Cool Beans Chocolate

Cafe Virtuoso

Malia Designs

Also available were Fair Trade soda from Maine Root and Runa Iced Teas.  As you are "out and about" in San Diego, please  check out our local Fair Trade vendors.  They make a difference and choose "the higher road".  Products are not sourced from China, there is no middle man.  Just by a simple choice of choosing a Fair Trade coffee or tea each day,  you make a difference for a farmer and their family across the world.  Think about it.  Your dollar counts! 

Dr. Bronners

 
Join La Mesa Fair Trade as we celebrate our 4th annual Fair Trade Gift Fair.   La Mesa is one of 32 town who have the distinction of being a Fair Trade Town.  Peruse the aisles for a variety of Fair Trade gifts from around the world.  Enjoy free samples of Fair Trade coffee, tea, ice-cream and chocolate.  Shop Local! Shop Fair!  Our vendors are from La Mesa and San Diego. 

Our Choices Matter!  Make a difference with your purchases this season.   Come and experience a different shopping experience! 

Registration Open for Southern California Gathering

Fair Trade Campaigns is hosting two Regional Gatherings this Fall in Southern California & New England and you’re invited!

Fair Trade Town and Fair Trade College & University campaign organizers and supporters will come together to establish regional support networks, build and grow our campaigns, 

and learn from our peers.

 

Southern California Regional Gathering -

REGISTER HERE

Saturday October 5th, 2013 from 10am-5pm

Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA

Hope you will consider attending! 

The Sustain La Mesa Environmental Festival on September 7th was a great opportunity to meet with people and spread the word about Fair Trade. 

Lots of people stopped by to learn about Fair Trade. All were delighted that La Mesa is a Fair Trade Town.

We teamed up with All the Perks Expresso Cafe to promote their Fair Trade Coffee.  Owner Silvana gave out samples to everyone that asked to try it.

Mayor Art Madrid stopped by to show his continued support.  Teen La Mesa, Sabrina M. also learned about the city designation of being a "Fair Trade Town" and was delighted that her school also had some Fair Trade ties. 

 

Join La Mesa Fair Trade at the Sustain La Mesa Environmental Festival this Saturday!  

Our booth will feature Fair Trade crafts & women's accessories - including recycled jewelry, t-shirts and lots more.  Here is an opportunity to join the many thousands of today’s consumers who are inspired to add “socially responsible” to their shopping list. To purchase a Fair Trade certified product is to make a difference. The designation signifies that artisans and farmers in the poorest areas of the world have received fair, livable wages for their product or ingredients.

In addition, certain standards must be met in the production process.  These include protecting the environment, building economic sustainability, and providing opportunities for education and health care for families.  Young children are protected from forced labor.

Awareness of Fair Trade is growing in San Diego County and well as in La Mesa.  Stop by our booth and see why La Mesa is a Fair Trade Town and why SDSU is fast becoming a Fair Trade University following UCSD, USD and Pt. Loma Nazarene University.  

Religious organizations support Fair Trade 

locally and nationally.

On World Fair Trade Day in La Mesa, Catholic Relief Services set up a booth for the single purpose of spreading the awareness of Fair Trade.  "CRS" has a local office in San Diego representing the Western portion of the US. 

Other religious organizations include  Lutheran World Relief and  United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) and Presbyterian Church USA.  Local churches in La Mesa that support Fair Trade include: La Mesa First United Methodist, Christ Lutheran, Vista La Mesa Christian, Foothills United Methodist, St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, OM Center for Spiritual Living and United Church of Christ. 

Think Human.  Drink Fair.

K&B Wine Cellars in Del Cerro (next to Windmill Farms) carries FAIR Quoina "The World's first Fair Trade Vodka"
and the World's first Fair Trade Coffee Liquor!

Why do you want to buy this?  
The quinoa grain cultivated by the Incas 5000 years ago at 12-16000 feet above the sea level in the Andean mountains - voted best tasing vodka 2009 & gold medal Chicago medal tasting institute.

Why buy Fair?  - It matters!

 Check out the video!     http://www.fairspirits.com/


FAIR Vodka is both the first and only Quinoa-based vodka and the first spirit made with Fair Trade Certified ingredients. The Fair Trade Spirits Company works directly with communities of small independent farmers that transmit their land from generation to generation. Each farmer owns in average 1 hectare. Their crops are gathered within the cooperative and they are guaranteed a fair price for their work as FAIR respects the international Fair Trade standards. The final product is Fair Trade Certified, at origin by Fair Trade labeling organizations and in the United States by TransFair USA, here in our very own backyard in Oakland. FAIR's model of development is endorsed by the United Nations development programs." From the Beverage Tasting Institute: "93 points (Exceptional) Delicately fruity aromas are evocative of frosted raspberry danish and follow through on a silky smooth entry to a dry-yet-fruity light-to-medium body with cream of wheat and whole milk notes. Finishes with a floral talc, peppery spice, and dried berry accented fade. A very nice, fruity, spicy vodka that will shine with a nice chill or in martinis."
6380 Del Cerro Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92120
(619) 286-0321

Had a great turn out for World Fair Trade Day in La Mesa!  Special recognition to Mayor Art Madrid, the Sunrise Rotary, Foothills Democratic Club, Kiwanis, Lions & Optimists for their support at Gingham Restaurant Patio. 

Thank you to all contributors who gave free samples of Fair Trade products!  Ben & Jerry's, Dr. Bronners, Maine Root, Runa Teas, Cafe Moto, Cafe Virtuoso, Wholesome Sweetners, Frontier, Acure Organics. 

We also thank all other the Fair Trade vendors:   Malia Designs, 7 Hopes United, Cool Bean Chocolates, Around the World Gifts, VavaVida, Fair Trade Decor, Fair Trade Colleges & Universities, Catholic Relief Services, Costco (Fair Trade Kirkland coffee!), The Purpose, All Things Bright & British

Save the Date!

Celebrating World Fair Trade Day

May 11, 2013 in La Mesa!

Live Green Environmental Event was a success for all!  The theme this year was Fair Trade. The event was held at Congregation Beth Israel on April 28, 2013.  Lots of Fair Trade Vendors, a fashion show featuring clothing from Mata Traders and Cafe Moto serving their extraordinary coffee!
Some Fair Trade vendors included:
7 Hopes United
Around the World Gifts
Fair Trade Decor
The Purpose
Dr. Bronners

 

 

 

   Join 

La Mesa Fair Trade 

and Fair Trade San Diego  for the 

Living Green Environmental Expo!

Sunday, April 28th  9-12pm

Congregation Beth Israel 

 9001 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego

• Fair Trade Shopping 

• Farmers Market • Fashion Show

ALL ARE WELCOME!

Getting ready for World Fair Trade Day on May 11th with Ben & Jerry's Scooptruck! 

On Friday, April 26, the Ben & Jerry's Scooptruck will be out "scooping" out Fair Trade ice-cream and yogurt all over San Diego!  Hope you can come by!

7:00 - 7:30 am Art of Espresso Cart, UCSD 9500 Gillman Drive, San Diego, CA 93037 www.artofespresso.com (858) 822-4547


8:30 - 9:00 am Rebecca's Coffeehouse, 3015 Juniper Street, San Diego, CA 92104 www.rebeccascoffeehouse.com (619) 284-3663

10:00 - 10:30 am Bazaar Del Mundo, 4133 Taylor Street, San Diego, CA 92110 www.bazaardelmundo.com (619) 296-3161

11:30 - 12:00 pm Around the World Gifts, 2611 Congress Street, San Diego, CA 92110 www.aroundtheworld.biz (619) 302-8849

12:30 - 2:00 pm Lunch @ Phil's BBQ good buddies of B&J Seaport Village

3:00 - 4:30 pm Cafe Virtuoso & Friends

6:00 - 7:00 pm Ginghams (sight for World Fair Trade Day May 11, 2013), 8384 La Mesa Blvd, La Mesa, CA 91942 www.ginghameats.com (619) 797-1922  SAVE THIS DATE! 

 Tweet @BenJerrysWest if you would like them to stop by your business!

La Mesa Fair Trade and Fair Trade San Diego at the Earth Faire on Mt Helix!

Children came to our booth to find the "Clue 1" for the scavenger hunt.  The answer was Fair Trade bananas!  Our Fair Trade bananas were purchased at Whole Foods in Hillcrest.

The adults and children that attended our talk learned that two years ago there were only 20 Fair Trade Towns in the USA.  Now there are 32.  We were proud to announce that all of our local universities have a stake in Fair Trade!  UCSD and USD are officially FT Universities, Point Loma Nazarene University has filed the final paperwork and SDSU is on its way to become a Fair Trade University.  We are proud to be a part of a growing movement that is making a difference locally and around the world.

Save these dates!  Join us as we celebrate Fair Trade in our county and especially as we recognize 

La Mesa on World Fair Trade Day on May 11th!

If you are interested in participating send an email to:  lamesafairtrade@gmail.com

Fair Trade Decor opens in Del Mar!

Owners Jude and Betsy are very excited to tell you that their new Fair Trade Décor store is now open in Del Mar!  It is located at 1412 Camino Del Mar, Del Mar, CA 92014, open daily from 10am-7pm.  Hope you can stop by and check out their beautiful home decor.  Check out their website:

fairtradedecor.com

 

Scotland becomes a 

Fair Trade Nation!

2/28/13

Scotland has achieved Fairtrade Nation status, becoming just the second country in the world to do so.  In becoming a Fairtrade Nation, Scotland had to meet a range of criteria to demonstrate that it is  delivering a real and lasting impact by contributing to reducing poverty, improving the lives of people that they seek to support and helping them access their rights. 

(A World First - Wales was declared a FT nation in 2008!)

Everyone had a great time at Rebecca's Coffeehouse in South Park on Feb. 13.  The food was great and the Fair Trade coffee from Cafe Moto was amazing!
Glad to have so many people come and support Fair Trade!

Check out her place to enjoy scones and a great Fair Trade cup of coffee!   Rebecca's Coffee House

Consider a Fair Trade Valentine's Day!

Celebrate Valentine's Day by making it more than just an ordinary box of chocolates or just an ordinary flower bouquet.....

Fair Trade gives us time to pause by taking a second look at that box of chocolates or that beautiful bunch of flowers.  With the Fair Trade label, your loved ones and friends will see that you not only care about them, but also about the people behind the scenes.  You will make a lasting impression!

Fair Trade Valentine's Day chocolate and cards from Equal Exchange are a wonderful, meaningful gift to those you love. The cards are also great for children.   Your gift recipients will enjoy an amazing selection of delicious, organic items that support small farmers, their communities, and the planet we all share.  

Also, check out Valentine's Day Divine Chocolates!   Order soon while supplies lasts.  Divine Chocolates may be purchased at Cost Plus World Market or online.

The Rose Company of San Diego has a beautiful arrangement of Fair Trade Roses and Daisy's.  This won't disappoint! It is the perfect gift of flowers for your love ones!  FTD also carries several nice arrangements of Fair Trade flowers.