Where to Shop for Fair Trade Products

Posted: 6 November 2006

If you're sold on the idea of Fair Trade Certified products, bananas aren't the only good things to sink your teeth into. There are a host of teas and coffees, cocoa and fresh fruits-including mangoes, pineapples, and grapes-now being offered by more than 35,000 retail outlets around the country.

In the Boston area alone, where Oxfam America has its headquarters, Transfair USA-a certifier of fair trade products-lists eight places that carry these goods. For Boston shoppers who want to make a difference in farmers' lives, here's where to go:

Trader Joe's
DeLuca's Market
Bean & Leaf Café
Flat Black Coffee Company
Whole Foods Market
J.P. Licks
Haley House
Savenor's