Fair Trade Month

October is Fair Trade Month!

It’s time to celebrate! There are tons of ways you can join the festivities this month. The easiest (and most delicious) way is to find some fair trade food (coffee, chocolate, tea, bananas, rice, quinoa, vodka, the list goes on…) because as Fairtrade America points out, the difference between a regular banana and a fair trade banana is world changing. YOU have the power to do something amazing and change farmers lives for the better.

Fair trade organizations around the world are celebrating this month, and to help spread the word about fair trade, a lot of them are hosting giveaways. Check out some of our favorites:

Win a Fair Trade Belt

Jenny Krauss is doing a cool giveaway on her facebook page. Like her post and tag a friend in the comments below. If your friend likes the post, both of you will be entered to win your choice of a purse, luggage tag, or belt. (The friend you tagged can tag another friend to like the post and so on–keep it going!!)

During the last week of the month, we will choose two lucky winners (plus the friend they tagged!).

Win a Fair Trade Dress & Necklace

Our friends over at Mata Traders are doing a giveaway every week during October. For week 1, complete the sentence below to enter! You can use any of the following social media sites to answer, earning one entry per site (you can post the same answer across all sites if you’d like):

a) Facebook: Comment on this post.
b) Pinterest: Pin your answer, including #Hip2BFair and #MataTraders.
c) Twitter: Tweet your answer, including #Hip2BFair and @MataTraders if possible.
d) Blog: Comment on this blog post.
e) Instagram: Post your response and include the hashtag #Hip2BFair and #MataTraders (or @MataTraders).

The (randomly drawn) winner of a Hello Dolly dress and an Heirloom necklace will be announced (along with the next giveaway) next Wednesday, 10/8.

Other cool giveaways to check out:

Baby Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe and Giveaway

Fair Trade USA Daily Giveaways

Know of any other giveaways or cool events happening for fair trade month? Let us know!

Follow our Fair Trade Pinterest board for cool infographics and photos to share during Fair Trade Month!

Follow Fair Trade Winds’s board Fair Trade on Pinterest.