Produced by Co-op America’s Fair Trade Program
www.fairtradeaction.org
Chicago Fair Trade / 312-212-1760 / www.chicagofairtrade.org

saturday
11am    Fair Trade Coffee
Learn about and sample Fair Trade coffee from Africa, Indonesia, and Central and South America with Matt Earley of Just Coffee. Start off your Green Festival experience with a global perspective on global coffee!

noon    Fair Trade 101
Join Co-op America’s Fair Trade Program to explore commerce that focuses on producer empowerment, equality and economic development.

1pm    Fully Committed Fair Trade Businesses
What makes a business Fair Trade? Join Jody Treeter of Cooperative Coffees and the Fair Trade Federation to examine how local business practices impact producers a world away.

2pm    Green Chocolate
Learn everything you wanted to know about chocolate, but were afraid to ask. You may have heard that the cocoa industry has been plagued by abusive child labor, slavery and poverty. For chocolate lovers, knowlege is power. Join Global Exchange to learn more about these issues and how you can making a difference. Fair Trade cocoa provides a just, sustainable, environmentally friendly alternative for your favorite treat. Sweet!

3pm    Palestinian Olive Oil
Sample olive oil from the land where olive oil first began. Representatives of Canaan Fair Trade discuss how Fair Trade is granting access to U.S. and European markets for Palestinian communities that have been farming in “the land of milk and honey" for thousands of years.

4pm    Eco-Certified Fair Trade Sports
Nick Savaidis will offer up ways to kick sweatshops off the playing field with eco-certified Fair Trade sports balls and uniforms.

5pm    Worker-Owned Chocolate!
What if African cocoa farmers owned their own chocolate company? Divine Chocolate is the world’s first farmer-owned Fair Trade chocolate brand, owned in part by the members of Kuapa Kokoo Farmers’ Cooperative in Ghana. Come learn about this unique business and how it has forever changed the lives of the Ghanaian cocoa farmers who proudly own Divine. Chocolate samples will be provided. Taste the difference for yourself!

Sunday
noon    Tea: Sustainable Partnerships Linking Farmers to Markets
Explore the growing market of Fair Trade teas with Shashank Goel of INEEKA Teas. Trace the origins of your tea leaves as Goel explains the Fair Trade farmer/buyer relationship. INEEKA sources teas directly from 15,000 acres of organic, biodynamic Fair Trade farms in the Himalayas.

1pm    Appropriate Technology: Clean Water and Fair Trade
Most of us take for granted the clean water that runs from our kitchen, while a sixth of the world’s population, including many coffee growers, do not have access to potable water. In recognitionof this daily struggle for survival, the Higher Grounds Trading Co. has collaborated in the creation of the Chiapas Water Project to provide financial resources to combat the global water crisis while supporting the struggle for indigenous autonomy and human rights.

2pm    Let’s Make Chicago a Fair Trade City
U.S. cities are using Europe’s Fair Trade Towns model to help spread the word about Fair Trade. Hear how Chicago Fair Trade is working with the City of Chicago Department of Environment to achieve the Five Goals for Chicago to become a Fair Trade City and how you can help.

3pm    Domestic Fair Trade
Sarah Belfort of the Domestic Fair Trade Association will lead a discussion on how to apply the principles of Fair Trade to the domesticmarketplace and help to empower family farmers in our country.

4pm    Student Organizing
Join students nationwide to discuss ways to promote a fair alternatives on campuses and in communities. Rory Phillips of United Students for Fair Trade will share stories and ideas on ways to bring Fair Trade to your school.

1pm    Appropriate Technology: Clean Water and Fair Trade
Most of us take for granted the clean water that runs from our kitchen, while a sixth of the world’s population, including many coffee growers, do not have access to potable water. In recognitionof this daily struggle for survival, the Higher Grounds Trading Co. has collaborated in the creation of the Chiapas Water Project to provide financial resources to combat the global water crisis while supporting the struggle for indigenous autonomy and human rights.

2pm    Let’s Make Chicago a Fair Trade City
U.S. cities are using Europe’s Fair Trade Towns model to help spread the word about Fair Trade. Hear how Chicago Fair Trade is working with the City of Chicago Department of Environment to achieve the Five Goals for Chicago to become a Fair Trade City and how you can help.

3pm    Domestic Fair Trade
Sarah Belfort of the Domestic Fair Trade Association will lead a discussion on how to apply the principles of Fair Trade to the domesticmarketplace and help to empower family farmers in our country.

4pm    Student Organizing
Join students nationwide to discuss ways to promote a fair alternatives on campuses and in communities. Rory Phillips of United Students for Fair Trade will share stories and ideas on ways to bring Fair Trade to your school.