Stay tuned. The Domestic Fair Trade Association’s blog is slated to launch in April of 2013.

July newsletter topics include save-the-date for the DFTA Annual Meeting and profile of Annual Meeting host Swanton Berry Farm.

Board member Erbin Crowell wrote an article for the Cooperative Grocer on co-ops and domestic fair trade.

The Color of Food is a broad survey of the food system mapping race, class, and gender; it finds that people of color earn less on average than white food workers, are concentrating in lower-wage food system jobs, and are under-represented in management jobs.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DFTA Issues a Call for Transparency and Accountability to Fair Trade USA Boston, MA, March 29, 2012 – DFTA has issued a call to Fair Trade USA to be accountable to the fair trade movement in North America, transparent about processes and policies, and authentically engage stakeholders.  Read the statement.   The … …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fair Trade Certifiers and Stakeholder Groups Sign Agreement to Work Toward Collaboration and Accountability in Domestic Fair Trade Boston, MA, February 1, 2011—The Domestic Fair Trade Association announced today that organizations engaged in fair trade and social justice standard-setting and certification have signed an agreement to work cooperatively and with a shared … …

For Immediate Release December 8, 2010 Contact: Kerstin Lindgren, kerstin@thedfta.org, 617-680-9862 DFTA Resolution on Climate Change Action On the occasion of the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Domestic Fair Trade Association, gathered on December 8th, 2010, in Santa Cruz, CA; Recognizing the devastating impact of climate change on the environment and particularly for farmers, agricultural … …

Farmer Direct First to Receive Domestic Fair Trade Certification FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact:Jason Freemanjason@farmerdirect.coop 306.352.2444 REGINA, Saskatchewan, Canada—June 07, 2010—Farmer Direct Co-operative Ltd. (FDC), a farmer-owned business of 70 certified organic family farms is the first business in Canada and the United States to receive domestic fair trade certification. “People usually associate fair trade … …