Fair Trade Calendar now for sale! (bulk or small orders)

The Fair Trade 2010 Calendar is the first annual collaborative publication, between FTRN and the Fair Trade Federation, highlighting the Fair Trade movement. The full color 13.5″ x 9.5″ calendar features a winning photo each month from our recent FT Photo Competition. Bulk discounts are also available. The calendar is printed on environmentally friendly paper using earth-friendly printing processes.

Click here to order from the Fair Trade Resource Network.

2009 Fair Trade Holiday Festival

The Community Action in Latinamerica is hosting their second Fair Trade Holiday Festival in Monona Terrace.

This year, the organization will to experiment with Domestic Fair Trade vendors; encouraging shoppers to connect their international fair trade purchases with the idea of continuing that minimum "degrees of separation" from the producer when they buy local products. Last year shoppers enjoyed local foods as well as wool and honey.

Save the date and time: Saturday, December 5, 2009 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Send email to "festival" at "calamadison.org" to become a vendor. Only 100% fair trade items are sold.

Fair Trade Holiday Gifts Guide

As a supporter of the "Fair Trade the White House" campaign; Inca Kids is assisting with the distribution of a Fair Trade Holiday Gift Guide. More than 80 fair trade gifts in categories ranging from body-care to food to clothing are featured, many retailers are including exclusive discount offers throughout. Inca Kids is offering 15% off in any order (code: VIENNA).

Please e-mail us if interested in receiving an online copy of the guide. Distribution is of course, FREE!

Friends and Family FREE SHIPPING coupon

Once again, we are sharing our "Friends and Family" FREE SHIPPING coupon this year. Please use coupon: FAMFACE when checking out. Coupon applies for orders $25+.

Also, if simply ordering bags, we are offering a different coupon BAGSALE (Free domestic shipping, too).

Hurry up, the coupon will only be valid for a couple of weeks + we have tons of stuff on sale!

Thanks for your support,

The Inca Kids Team

Reverse Trick-or-Treating!

For its third year, Global Exchange is presenting "Reverse Trick-or-Treating"

This Halloween, it is kids who will be giving treats to adults!

Hundreds of groups of Trick-or-Treaters in the United States and Canada will unite to help:

END poverty among cocoa farmers
END forced/abusive child labor in the cocoa industry
PROMOTE Fair Trade
PROTECT the environment

A pleasant surprise will greet nearly a quarter million people distributing candy at their door, when youth reverse the Halloween tradition to hand adults a sample of vegan-friendly, Fair Trade dark chocolate.

The chocolate will be accompanied by a card informing recipients of poverty and child labor problems in the cocoa industry, affecting mainstream candy enjoyed at Halloween and around the year, and how Fair Trade certified chocolate provides a solution.

Parents of last year’s youngest participants raved about how Reverse Trick-or-Treating transformed Halloween into a meaningful event when youthful activists can give back to their neighbors and to cocoa growing communities.

The chocolate and cards are FREE!
Thanks to generous donations of Fair Trade chocolate companies listed below.
Recipients are charged shipping and packing supplies only, which is $5.50.

Request your kit TODAY; we always run out long before the deadline!

If you choose not to request a kit, you can still participate by distributing flyers on Halloween! Click here for more information.

Participating Fair Trade chocolate companies:

Equal Exchange
Alter Eco
Sweet Earth
La Siembra
Coco-Zen

If you have questions, please email fairtrade@globalexchange.org (email is the preferred method of contact, for the fastest response) or call 415.575.5557.
The printed cards are not available in Spanish, but feel free to print out the Spanish translation to distribute with the cards. It is available here: RTT-Espanol.
Only one kit request per shipping address permitted.

NEW Fair Trade DVD "A Thousand Fibers"

Partners for Just Trade is pleased to announce their new DVD, A Thousand Fibers: Binding Together through Fair Trade is now available.

The DVD contains two versions of the film. One version (33 minutes) is designed as a standalone educational tool for individuals, community groups, retail stores, schools, and more. The second version (41 minutes) can be used as a multimedia aid to accompany PJT's Bible study "Using our Purchasing Power for Justice and Hope."

You can learn more about the video, watch the trailer and purchase the DVD on PJT's website here.