FAIR TRADE AT THE FARMERS' MARKET

For this project, we sold Fair Trade items from WHEAT’s Hand to Hand project at a local farmers’ market. We educated customers about Fair Trade and its benefits to the artisans and the environment. Items we sold included toys, puzzles, jewelry, and decorative pillows. Each item had its own story, but the pillows were especially unique, as the stories of the women, refugees from Afghanistan, who crafted them were written on one side of the pillows. A press release we wrote about the event was picked up by a local newspaper, and one family who came to purchase Fair Trade items did so because they were eager to learn more about Roots & Shoots as well.