There are many ways to take action for Fair Trade — from taking a minute or two to sign a key petition to organizing in your town or place of worship to bring Fair Trade to your community.

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• Advocate for Fair Trade Cocoa

While chocolate is sweet for us, it is often bitter for cocoa producers and their families if it is not Fair Trade-certified chocolate. From supermarkets to schools, we need to increase consumers’ access to Fair Trade chocolate and in order to ensure a decent life for farmers and their families. Global Exchange and the International Labor Rights Forum support a network of grassroots activists in local advocacy and education. To join in these efforts today and make a real difference for cocoa farming communities in struggle around the world click on the links below.

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  • Send a letter to World’s Finest Chocolate
  • Send a letter to Nestle
  • Global Exchange Chocolate Action Pack
  • ILRF Cocoa Action Kit
  • Order ILRF’s child labor campaign posters

• Call on Congress to Support Fair Farm Policies in the US

The United States Farm Bill was originally designed as a security system for American farmers when the market collapsed during the Great Depression. Today, however, the Farm Bill disproportionately distributes government payments to large-scale farmers, while the majority of farmers receive very little or nothing at all. The legislation also encourages the overproduction of certain crops, notably cotton and rice, which is devastating for small farmers around the world.

Click here for more information about how you can support the effort to bring economic justice to farm policy in the US and abroad at Oxfam America.

• Bring Fair Trade to Your Town… or City… or Village

Fair Trade Towns

 This recently formed nationwide initiative connects grassroots Fair Trade activists across the country. Through the Fair Trade Towns program, Fair Traders working locally to promote Fair Trade have the opportunity to share their experiences and tools with one another. The Fair Trade Towns initiative also offers guidance and resources for communities seeking to declare themselves to fulfill the Fair Trade Town criteria. Check out www.fairtradetownsusa.org for more information, and find the latest Fair Trade Towns news in the News and Views section of this site. 

• Bring Fair Trade to Your School

  • Bring Fair Trade to your School - Take a pop quiz about ways you can make Fair Trade a reality in your school.
  • Check out various educational tools.