Trans­Fair USA enables sus­tain­able devel­op­ment and com­mu­nity empow­er­ment by cul­ti­vat­ing a more equi­table global trade model that ben­e­fits farm­ers, work­ers, con­sumers, indus­try and the earth. We achieve our mis­sion by cer­ti­fy­ing and pro­mot­ing Fair Trade products.

Trans­Fair USA, a 501©(3) non­profit orga­ni­za­tion, is one of twenty mem­bers of Fair­trade Labelling Orga­ni­za­tions Inter­na­tional (FLO), and the only third-party cer­ti­fier of Fair Trade prod­ucts in the United States. We audit trans­ac­tions between US com­pa­nies offer­ing Fair Trade Cer­ti­fied™ prod­ucts and the inter­na­tional sup­pli­ers from whom they source, in order to guar­an­tee that the farm­ers and farm work­ers behind Fair Trade Cer­ti­fied goods were paid a fair, above-market price. In addi­tion, annual inspec­tions con­ducted by FLO ensure that strict socioe­co­nomic devel­op­ment cri­te­ria are being met using increased Fair Trade revenues.

Trans­Fair brings cer­ti­fi­ca­tion to the US Fair Trade Cer­ti­fied cof­fee is now the fastest-growing seg­ment of the US spe­cialty cof­fee mar­ket. Trans­Fair USA opened its doors in late 1998 and began cer­ti­fy­ing Fair Trade cof­fee in 1999.

In the past 10 years, Trans­Fair has lever­aged lim­ited resources to cer­tify over 334 mil­lion pounds of cof­fee into the U.S. mar­ket. This trans­lates to an esti­mated addi­tional 140 mil­lion dol­lars flow­ing into rural farm­ing com­mu­ni­ties through­out Latin Amer­ica, Africa and Asia. In 2008 alone, Trans­Fair cer­ti­fied nearly 90 mil­lion pounds, yield­ing and addi­tional 32 mil­lion dol­lars to these farm­ing com­mu­ni­ties, and enabling coop­er­a­tives and their mem­bers to not only have a bet­ter stan­dard of liv­ing, but also invest in com­mu­nity projects such as build­ing schools, pro­vid­ing health­care and improv­ing the qual­ity of their coffee.

More of each dol­lar spent on any of these prod­ucts goes back to the farm­ers and farm work­ers who pro­duce them. The US Fair Trade mar­ket has thus empow­ered farm­ers and farm work­ers around the world to deter­mine their most press­ing local eco­nomic devel­op­ment needs for them­selves, and rein­vest in their prod­ucts, coop­er­a­tives, and com­mu­ni­ties in appro­pri­ate and sus­tain­able ways.

via Trans­Fair USA | About Us.

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