Domestic Fair Trade

Our mission is to promote and protect the integrity of domestic fair trade principles and practices through education, marketing, advocacy and endorsement.

[Domestic Fair Trade @thedfta]

Here it is! Read our report! @thedfta, in partnership with the Center for Fair and Alternative Trade, compiled groundbreaking work: "A Report on Market and Supply Chain: Research on Domestic Fair Trade" released for #FairTradeDay! #BeDomesticFairTrade
https://t.co/CV7tzrMSJg

[Domestic Fair Trade @thedfta]

Julie Tilt, co-owner of DFTA member @HumWholesale is hosting an open house at the new Stellaria Healing Arts in Eugene, OR. Join her today from 4:30-8:00pm!

[Domestic Fair Trade @thedfta]

We reject @USRSBeef's sustainability framework! @Costco, @Wendys, @darden, @Walmart, @McDonalds, and @tacobell we want fair markets and strong policy protections for producers, workers, and the environment. https://t.co/BT3KJshD7i

[Brandworkers @brandworkers]

#Janus is not an occasion for mourning, there's no time for that. It's a call to return to what built labor's power in the first place. Worker self-activity, strikes, and movements that span the working class as a whole.

[Kari Hamerschlag @KariHamerschlag]

50 orgs reject @USRSBeef's “sustainability” framework & urge its members to create a real plan that promotes fair markets & policies for real change in the beef sector! https://t.co/5ySWxBydP3 @Walmart @McDonalds @Arbys @tacobell @Wendys @darden @Cargill @JBSCareers @TysonFoods

[Domestic Fair Trade @thedfta]

New bill extends nationwide labor protections to currently exempt farmworkers:
https://t.co/MSIaSlAWzs

[Domestic Fair Trade @thedfta]

We can't leave our rural communities behind! This article describes how communities are being left without crucial high speed internet. https://t.co/Ct1aKBt0Ej

[Domestic Fair Trade @thedfta]

The administration seeks to "relocat[e] many social safety net programs into a new megadepartment, which would possibly include the word “welfare” in its title." SNAP would be removed from the USDA in another attempt to cut this vital program. Learn more: https://t.co/p14sa0Srf9

[Domestic Fair Trade @thedfta]

Call your representatives at 1-844-USA-0234 to urge them to vote “no” on Speaker Ryan's immigration bill. Immigrants are essential to our agricultural system and it's important we let our elected officials know. Learn more about the bills below from @FarmwrkrJustice

[Domestic Fair Trade @thedfta]

@WFTO_FairTrade makes an appearance at the AFHVS/@asfs conference. We're proud to be a WFTO member! #foodstudies2018 #fairtrade

[Domestic Fair Trade @thedfta]

The DFTA is going to be presenting at this week's AFHVS/@asfs_org conference @UWMadison. Will you be there? #foodstudies18

[Domestic Fair Trade @thedfta]

Our member @BerkshireCoop just made a commitment to work toward a living wage by 2020! Read more about them in their Spring 2018 update: https://t.co/LPq1LXoirK

[Domestic Fair Trade @thedfta]

Check out this awesome profile from the @WFTO_FairTrade about the longtime success of our member @DrBronner! Dr. Bronner's also won our 2nd annual domestic fair trade award this past December. Keep up the good work!
https://t.co/DZkDPmCYhU

[Domestic Fair Trade @thedfta]

WATCH the trailer for #EatingAnimals and let DFTA know what you think! Looks at the environmental, economic, & public health consequences of factory farming. Based on the bestselling book by @jonnyfoer & narrated by co-producer #NataliePortman. https://t.co/S6AjIf551E

[Domestic Fair Trade @thedfta]

Sneak attack in the #FarmBill could end organic as we know it! @SenStabenow @SenatorLeahy @SenFeinstein, we need you to stand up to #saveorganic and protect the NOSB! https://t.co/c7vX9GXUjK

[Domestic Fair Trade @thedfta]

The media discusses fair labor practices, but does not regularly use the term ‘domestic fair trade’. We must expand awareness to #BeDomesticFairTrade! Learn more in @thedfta's full report in partnership with the Center for Fair and Alternative Trade! https://t.co/CV7tzrvhkG

[Domestic Fair Trade @thedfta]

Thank you @NydiaVelazquez and the House for passing H.R. 5236, the Main Street Employee Ownership Act - this bill will make it easier to transition to #workercoop and #ESOP structures, preserving jobs and businesses! #smallbiz #ownership. Press release:
https://t.co/gyKYGIGSB6

[Domestic Fair Trade @thedfta]

In case you missed it, read our National Coordinator #ErikaAInwald's article on @HEAL_Food blog, highlighting research from DFTA's released report in partnership with the Center for Fair and Alternative Trade at Colorado University! #BeDomesticFairTrade

https://t.co/D7s23PmEz7

[Domestic Fair Trade @thedfta]

Breaking news: Domestic #FairTrade is not just for elites! We can all #BeDomesticFairTrade! Learn more from @theDFTA’s full report in partnership with the Center for Fair and Alternative Trade at Colorado State!
https://t.co/CV7tzrvhkG

[Domestic Fair Trade @thedfta]

Not pleased with the amendments to the #FarmBill? @FarmActionUS is hosting a farmer fly-in from June 11th-13th. Please follow the link below to fill out a form allowing them to better organize this meetup.

https://t.co/Lp0DzZ4IRU

[Farmworker Assoc. FL @FWAFL]

.@Bayer-@MonsantoCo merger severely threatens our planet & food system!