Dear Fair Trade Advocate,In this newsletter:
Last Chance to Order the Guide to Fair Trade for free! Cool Off with Fair Trade Ice Cream Temptation Vegan Ice Cream offers chocolate, coffee, and green tea Fair Trade Certified™ flavors. It is available in 18 states; check out their Web site to see where you can buy it near you! Blackwell’s Organic has Fair Trade chocolate, coffee, and peanut butter chocolate swirl soy gelato. You can buy all their flavors online through their website. They also are sold at stores in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Ben and Jerry’s has Fair Trade coffee flavors, as well as Fair Trade chocolate and vanilla. You can find Ben and Jerry’s at most grocery stores nationwide. Stonyfield Farm has Organic Fair Trade vanilla chai ice cream. Visit their website to see where you can pick up some of their ice cream! The Amherst Fair Trade Partnership approached their local dairy, Cook Farm, about using Fair Trade ingredients in their ice cream. As a result, Cook Farm now uses Fair Trade Certified™ coffee and vanilla in their flavors. Cook Farm even handed out free Fair Trade vanilla ice cream at an Amherst World Fair Trade Day event. Do you frequent a local dairy? Follow Amhert's lead and ask your ice cream stand to use Fair Trade ingredients. Green Business Interview: Scott James Use Fair Trade Cards to Keep in Touch Cards from Africa offers handmade cards by orphaned Rwandan youth. Bambootique sells boxes of cards made by villagers in Thailand. Sevya produces many different types of handmade greeting cards that benefit development programs across India. The profits from cards sold by Deans Beans go to an Ethiopian school in the community from which the company sources its coffee beans. Your Happiest Day --
The Fair Trade Way! Enjoy Wine -- Fairly! Thanks for all you do to promote Fair Trade,
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and help us reach more people with our Fair Trade program. Your gift today helps us support the Fair Trade businesses in our Green Business Network™ and spread the word about Fair Trade.  Wales is the first Fair Trade nation in the world! All of the counties in Wales have been working towards educating citizens about Fair Trade and increasing the availability of Fair Trade merchandise across the country. The assembly government has also promised to serve Fair Trade food and drink at all of their meetings. Congratulations to Wales on this historic achievement! Fair Trade Holiday Song Contest This winter, we'll be encouraging Fair Trade Alliance members to go Fair Trade caroling to spread awareness about Fair Trade. In order to pull this off, we'll need your help! Global Exchange is hosting a Fair Trade Holiday Song Contest. Participants are encouraged to make up a song about Fair Trade to the tune of their favorite holiday song. The best songwriters will receive Global Exchange Fair Trade truffles and their song published in the caroling songbook. To learn more please visit Global Exchange or e-mail fairtrade [at] globalexchange.org The deadline is July 21. Good luck! New Fair Trade Store added to Green America’s Fair Trade Directory! Looking for more Fair Trade shopping? Be sure to reference Green America’s Fair Trade Directory to find Fair Trade retailers around the country! Businesses are added as they are approved “for people and the planet” and granted membership in Green America’s Green Business Network™. Check out the newest Fair Trade addition to the Green Business Network: Sjaak's Organic Chocolates Light of Day Organics |
Ice cream is a great summer treat. And thanks to several green business leaders, you can now enjoy ice cream made with Fair Trade Certified™ ingredients. Here are some companies that offer Fair Trade flavors:
Check out this month’s Green Business Interview with Fair Trade Sports owner Scott James. Scott talks about his groundbreaking Fair Trade and eco-friendly line of sports balls. We at Green America want to thank Scott for being on the host committee of the Seattle Green Festival and giving action packed presentations at the Fair Trade Pavilion. 
Keeping in touch the old fashioned way has never been Fairer! Fair Trade greeting cards can be used as thank you cards, for graduations, birthdays, anniversaries, or wedding presents. They are also a great gift to high school graduates heading away from home to college. 
If you were able to make it to the Chicago Green Festival, you may have been lucky enough to sample 
