It’s cold, raining & windy in New England, perfect weather for snuggling on the settee with a cup of Fair Trade hot cocoa!  My favourite is Equal Exchange’s Hot & Spicy Cocoa.

Here’s a recap of this week’s news, blogs, and stories to keep you going for the weekend.  Enjoy!

Fair Trade

• Celebrate Fair Trade with Eyes Wide Open (CRS Fair Trade)
• Bolivia opens new Fair Trade shop (World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO))
• 2010 Youth for Fair Trade Int’l Conference, Coventry (WFTO)
• Fair Trade Certified Sales Up 30 Percent in Grocery Stores (Reuters)
• Conscious Shopping: 4 Tips to Save the World and Yourself with Your Purchase
  (The Conscious Life)
• Consumer Preferences for Fair Trade Foods: Implications for Trade Policy
  (Choices, American Agricultural Economics, Associations)

Blog Action Day – 15 October 2010

• Stand for an International Water Treaty to Provide Clean Water Everywhere (Change.org)
• Drip-Drip-Drip (World Village Fair Trade Market)

Artisan Relationships

• Education…the key to so much promise (Leakey Collection)
• Strong Products, Stronger Relationships (Handmade Expressions)
• Speaking Quechua, The Inspiration Behind Mayu (Mayu)

Coffee/Tea

• Where Catholics Meet Coffee (Catholic Digest.com)
• Honest Tea Commits to Fair Trade Certified Tea for All Bottled Teas (PRWeb)

Cocoa/Chocolate

• Get Child Labor Out of Your Chocolates (Green America)
• Fairtrade Raises Cocoa Prices (Fair trade Labelling Organizations International (FLO))
• Hershey Gets a Not-So-Sweet Kiss for Fair Trade Month (Fast Company)

Women

• Support for Mothers around the World (Fair Trade USA)
• Fair Trade Lebanon celebrates International Day of Rural Women (WFTO)
• Banksy Exposes Child Labor, Sweatshops on The Simpsons (Labor is Not a Commodity)
• Mamas and Babies (Mata Traders)

Image: Equal Exchange