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What is Fair Trade?

People often ask: Why fair trade?

When Tumi started in 1978 the word fairtrade was not used in the same way as it is today. But there are organisations in the UK such as Tearcraft and later Tradecrafts and Tumi who developed the concept and tried to show others that you can make viable business in a capitalist society whilst being fair and just with the people who provide you with the income, often the artesans who live in developing countries.

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Forming sheets of amate paper

Forming sheets of amate paper from the bark of wild fig and mulberry trees, Mexico

 

Chumpa or traditional belt being woven

Chumpa or traditional belt being woven on back strap loom in Taquile Island, Lake Titicac, Peru

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Carving gourds,Cochas, Peru
Traditional Panama hat weaver
Traditional Panama hat weaver in the north of Peru
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Sorting through the broken fizzy drink bottles

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Tagua nuts
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Pottery workshop, Guadalajara, Mexico

Painting ceramic beads

Painting ceramic beads, Cuzco, Peru

Making black pottery
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Gourd carving in Cochas, Peru

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