What do consumers get out of Fair Trade?

What do consumers get out of Fair Trade?

Sam Bills (Manager) gives expert video advice on: What Fair Trade Certified products are available?; Why do some products claim to be Fair Trade but don't carry the mark? and more...

In addition to being able to be chance to be part of this exciting relationship that is empowering to producers in developing countries and helping them to work out the poverty, the consumer also gets a win by getting a great product in. They are getting that product at a great price and are also getting a product that tells a story in that it's somehow humanising for us to have things that tells a story that represents different cultures. It's great to have that story in opposition to mass produced inanimate objects and when you buy a fair trade item you get something that tells a story by virtue of it being hand-made and by virtue of it's connection with the producer. In the end the consumer gets a better product because it's a fair trade.