FAIR TRADE TIMELINE Contributed by the Fair Trade Resource Network (www.ftrn.org) 1946 Edna Ruth Byler imports European humanitarian Havelaar, in the Netherlands international “FairTrade” needlecrafts from low-income organizations open the to offer third-party certification mark women in Puerto Rico, and first World Shop in the recognition and a label for Producers form national displaced in Europe, laying the Netherlands to sell crafts, fair trade products 2004 and regional fair trade groundwork for Ten Thousand build awareness and International Fair Trade associations across Asia, Latin Villages, North America’s first campaign for trade reform 1989 Association (IFTA), now fair trade organization America and Africa 1972 Ten Thousand Villages WFTO, is established by fair The Institute for 1948 Church of the Brethren opens their store, the first fair trade pioneers as the first 2006 establishes SERRV, North trade retail outlet in North global fair trade network Marketecology (IMO) America’s second fair trade America begins their “Fair for Life” organization, to import 1994 Fair Trade Federation certification program wooden clocks from German 1986 Equal Exchange is formed as the first network 2007 Fair trade retail sales refugees of WWII is established as the first of fair trade organizations in fair trade cooperative in North America top $1 billion in the U.S. and 1968 United Nations North America, importing $2.5 billion worldwide Conference on Aid and coffee from Nicaragua as 1997 Fairtrade Labeling 2010 Organic Consumers Development (UNCTAD) a way to make a political Organization (FLO) is formed Association (OCA) launches embraces “Trade not Aid” statement with a high-quality, 1999 TransFair USA begins Fair World Project, the concept, bringing fair trade household item certifying fair trade coffee first fair trade consumer into development policy 1988 Farmers and activists using the TransFair USA label organization, to promote and launch the first fair trade protect the integrity of the fair 1969 Oxfam and other certification system, Max 2002 FLO launches the trade movement CONTRIBUTORS IN THIS ISSUE Nasser Abufarha, PhD Jason Freeman Elizabeth Henderson is the founder and Director of founded Biohemp is an organic vegetable farmer Canaan Fair Trade Company, Environmental in western New York for over based in Jenin, Palestine. Technologies and in late 30 years, a boardmember Abufarha has a PhD in Cultural 1999 Biohemp became of NOFA-NY, and author of Anthropology and International the first company in Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen’s Development from the University North America to bring Guide to Community Supported of Wisconsin - Madison. He is the author of to market a line of certified organic Agriculture (Chelsea Green, 2007) The Making of a Human Bomb, published by hempseed food. After selling Biohemp Gero Leson Duke University Press, and numerous articles in 2001, Jason founded and became coordinated the conversion on the subjects of development, landscape General Manager of Farmer Direct of Dr. Bronner’s raw material and political violence. Co-operative Ltd. FDC is a farmer supply to socially responsible owned business that provides the world Rashmi Bharti and environmentally with ethically grown and traded food. is the co founder of the sustainable sources. He set up certified “organic” voluntary organization Avani José Manuel Guzmán and “fair trade” farmer groups and oil mills and is based in the Himalayas is a Lead Organizer with el Comité de in Sri Lanka and Ghana. His MS in physics in India. She has been Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agrícolas and doctorate in environmental science and working with issues related to rural development (CATA). Mr. Guzman is a former engineering has helped him find solutions to for the past 15 years. agricultural worker from Moroleon, technical, environmental, and economic problems. Guanajuato, Mexico who worked as a Vivien Sansour David Bronner mushroom harvester in Kennett Square, is the Media & Promotions is a ne’er-do-well scion of the Pennsylvania beginning in 1978 and Manager for Canaan Fair Trade, notorious Dr. Bronner’s Magic was one of the leaders in the Kaolin based in Jenin, Palestine. As a Soaps insane asylum. When Mushroom Worker strike in April of life style writer and photographer, not frothing incoherently at 1993. Trained in the Popular Education she is capturing the stories of the the mouth, he babbles about technique, he was hired by CATA in farmers of the Palestine Fair Trade business as a catalyst for 1994 as an organizer and educator. Association for the wider world. Her interest in positive social and environmental change. agricultural and cultural identity has led her to Best to run away quickly if you notice him Additional Contributors: work with farmers in South and Central America, anywhere around. Sue Kastensen and Cosmic Egg Studios as well as her native country of Palestine. Fair World Project | Fall 2010 3.