Our Artisans
Fair Trade Artisans
Altiplano
Altiplano is based in southern Vermont and Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Working with many cooperative groups, small family businesses, and their own fair trade workshop, they are committed to creating innovative products that support indigenous communities and the environment. Altiplano is grateful for the opportunity to bring fair wage, long term employment to Guatemala for 30 years! In addition, Altiplano's continued partnerships in the region support education, family nutrition, environmental education and reforestation programs.
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Anju Jewelry
Anju Jewelry is a 100% sustainable jewelry brand committed to creating hope for artisans and their families through economic empowerment. All of their pieces are hand-crafted in India using traditional techniques.
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Artisana
The Artisana Collection represents work from multiple artists in the famous Taxco region of Mexico, best known for it’s silver jewelry. The artisans continue to produce traditional jewelry much like their ancestors. The groups who produce jewelry in this collection have formed cooperatives to pool together their talent and resources – the result has been a positive impact for the individual artisans and a bigger impact on the community.
The cooperative is made up of 26 jewelry makers who work collaboratively to sell a beautiful collection of jewelry; the group uses a wide range of beautiful materials that range from abalone, mother of pearl, sterling silver, Taxco silver, and much more. It achieved stable income for many members of its community and bettered the community through initiatives that include support of local schools and programming geared towards youth. Artisans often work out of their homes and are paid fair wages.
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Asha Handicrafts
India has always been renowned for its rich silk fabrics, woodcarvings and carpets. However, many of these products are produced in conditions of abject poverty for the craftsmen, exploited by large producers and moneylenders. Asha Handicrafts is a not-for-profit making body, based in Mumbai, India, working to promote Fair Trade and Fair Trade practices. As a member organisation of The World Fair Trade Organization, Asha Handicrafts ensures that the benefits of handicraft production reach the craftspeople themselves.
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dZi
dZi Inc. has been working with artisans in the Tibetan exile community in India since 1990, and with Nepali artisans involved in traditional Tibetan style crafts since 1995. Their products are marketed as part of dZi’s ‘Tibet Collection’ line and Wild Woolies.
This business supports hundreds of people in the local community through it's income generation enterprise, and runs an elementary school providing free and low cost education for local children.
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Eclectic Woodchuck
They are a member of the World Fair Trade Organization and products are hand crafted...made by people, not automated machines. They focus on paper and wood items from around the globe.
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Encantada
There’s no sign to find the small family-owned ceramic workshop in the state of Guanajuato. Behind the large wooden gate, women artisans are hand painting unfired ceramics while men work the kilns, as they have since the late 70’s. Each piece has personality from the dots and swirls to the handpainted logo on the bottom. And each is lead free, microwave and dishwasher safe.
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Fair Anita
Fair Anita works with 8,000+ women in 9 countries. Most of their artisan partners are survivors of sexual or domestic violence. Financial insecurity is the #1 reason women stay with abusive partners, so their goal is to give women the resources they need to make informed choices for their lives. They pay 2-4x minimum wage, plus health insurance and educational scholarships, to their artisan partners.
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Fair+Simple
Fair+Simple believes that when you invest in a woman, an entire community reaps the benefits. Why? Because she invests right back into her children and those around her. Fair+Simple focuses on woman-made products with artful, simple design.
HIGHLANDS of GUATEMALA
Mayan women preserve their rich heritage of weaving and beadwork while earning a fair wage for their artisanal work.
NAIROBI, KENYA
Artisans in are impacted through education in business, dependable employment, and the opportunity for mentorship. An entrepreneurship program is available to women who want to pursue their own business and succeed in their community.
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Global Groove Life
Global Groove Life is a Fair Trade company that emerged from a commitment to global lifestyle. GGL designs, develops, produces and sources fairly traded lifestyle products with a pledge to the sustainability of production and the cultural heritage of artisan co-ops in Thailand and Nepal. Inspired by its people, landscapes, colors, flavors, the very scents that we inhale. They exhale to create stimulating products symbolic of their "homes" across the globe. Their business practices stem from a drive to unite global communities that span every culture and geographic boundary through co-creation, education and values based on human rights and dignity. GGL encourages the journey because the knowledge, acceptance and understanding of different ways, people and ideas is the very colorful road to a respectful, safer, and kinder world.
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Jedando
Working with more than 100 individual carvers in Machakos, Kenya, Jedando Modern Handicrafts markets African handicrafts primarily made of wood and bone worldwide. Carving is a tradition in Kenya with the children learning the craft from their parents. Carved by hand using only rudimentary hand tools, olive wood bowls, salad serving sets, and animal-shaped napkin rings take shape from pieces of olive wood, mahogany, and mpingo, or "African Ebony." An integral part of the organization's function is to educate the craftspeople on the need for reforestation to enable the products to be available for years to come and offer a sustainable income for generations.
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Just Trade UK
Just Trade is a design-led fair trade jewellery and accessories brand built around the interests of the people who make our products. Working in collaboration with artisan makers in Peru, Ecuador, India, Vietnam and Indonesia, they believe in a trading economy that prioritizes producers, communities and the environment.
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Lucia's Imports
Lucia's Imports L.L.C, established in 2005, operates according to the Fair Trade Federation Principles - partnering with Guatemalan families, artisan groups, and cooperatives to produce and develop a wholesale market for their quality handicrafts and accessories. Globally, many artisans have little opportunity to market their products. Working side by side with Guatemalan artisans helps improve their economic well being, enabling them to earn a living wage in a region where there are few opportunities to do so. Through direct collaboration with artisans, they design products that are not only fashionable, modern, and functional but embrace traditional Mayan design. By committing to the Fair Trade Federation Principles they believe they can make a difference in the lives of artisans one purchase at a time, while bringing awareness to the beauty of Guatemalan art and culture.
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Mata Traders
Mata Traders’ journey in fair trade fashion began in 2007 with a simple question: “Is this fair trade?” Almost immediately, they were driven to produce responsibly, seeking out partnerships with fair trade organizations that could make ethical production a scalable reality. They prioritize worker well-being and respect for handmade artistry.
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Matr Boome
[mä-ter boo-mē]in sanskrit, matr signifies ‘mother’ and boomie stands for ‘land’.together, matr boomie means motherland, the ground we walk on, the creative source.
Matr Boomie is a fair trade collection that blends the traditional artforms of India with timeless and modern design aesthetic, bringing people and cultures closer together. Their collection of jewelry, home decor and unique gifts are made from natural and upcycled materials that are sourced in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. They partner with over 1,500 artisans in marginalized communities throughout India to create economic and sustainable living opportunities. They aim to break the gender and inequality gap by paving a path to create confidence for women artisans by investing in vocational training, literacy programs and providing fair wage opportunities to women artisans to feel empowered to reach their full potential and become entrepreneurs.
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Purpose Jewelry
Purpose Jewelry supports women and girls around the world in achieving the financial security they need to be free from human trafficking. By learning how to make jewelry that will sell in the global market, newly freed women in India, Uganda, Mexico, the Philippines, and the U.S. are establishing a new way of life. We love how each product tag is signed by its maker, a reminder that we’re all connected.
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SMOLArt
Soapstone is carved by the artists of SMOLArt, a group of artists who live in the rural village of Tabaka, Kenya, the heart of soapstone crafts. The name, a shortened version of Small, Medium, and Large Artists, refers to the size of the soapstone products the artisans make, not their stature. Established in 1990, SMOLArt is a member of the WFTO, and as such assures that the artisans are paid a fair price for their work. In addition, the organization supports community development by contributing to projects that improve living conditions, education, and health of their members and the village at large. All of the soapstone products are completely handmade. The tools consist of household items from screwdrivers, hand drills, to switchblades.
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Starfish Project
The Starfish Project rescues exploited women and girls in Asia by helping them establish independence and develop careers. Through the Holistic Care Programs, Starfish Project provides vocational training, healthcare, shelter, counseling, and education grants for women and their children. Starfish Project has employed over 130 women and has served thousands through Community Outreach Services. Women create beautiful jewelry and become managers, accountants, graphic designers, and photographers. Starfish Project restores hope to exploited women in Asia.
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Ten Thousand Villages
Ten Thousand Villages is global maker-to-market movement that addresses economic injustice. Because every handcrafted object has a life of meaning behind it. As a pioneer of fair trade, they do business differently, putting people and planet first. That means you can trust that every purchase you make directly impacts the life and community of its maker in an under-resourced community. Together they break the cycle of generational poverty and ignite social change.
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Upavim Crafts
UPAVIM is an ethical and fair trade certified line of handmade goods including home, baby, and accessories. All the products are handmade by a self-run women's cooperative in the outskirts of Guatemala City.
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Venture Imports
Venture Imports is a fair trade company that works primarily with women in Kenya. One of our goals is to ensure that every person who works on our products is able to send their children to school.
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WorldFinds
WorldFinds has been woman-owned and woman-powered since their beginnings in 2001. Through a commitment to ethical practices and expressive styles, they create products that transform the lives of their artisan partners and those who wear their designs. Their products have created work for over 1,000 artisans in communities across the globe.
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