Fair Trade Cart

Fair Trade principles and practices are based on the belief that people should receive a living wage for what they produce and that their products should be created using environmentally sound practices for socially responsible outcomes. These principles are implemented by an array of organizations who devote themselves to finding farmers and artisans throughout the world who need assistance in producing and selling their products for a fair wage and who can provide assistance to their communities in developing resources needed to provide for their basic needs. Fair Trade practices have been responsible for developing schools, clean water resources, and many other basic necessities throughout the developing world by furnishing the economic means formerly missing from their communities.

The Fair Trade Cart at UCE sells a variety of agricultural and artistic products. Our profits are returned to our greater community through holiday donations to Chute Middle School families who are selected by school social workers and by donations to Evanston’s Family Focus for support of their children’s after school and summer camp programs. In 2019, we also donated to help migrant families detained at our borders.

Your support in purchasing these products has helped give families in our community and worldwide communities the resources they need and helps fulfill our commitment to our second UU principle to value ”justice, equity and compassion in human relations.”

If you have more questions, please contact Joan Retzloff through the Realm Membership Directory or at admin@ucevanston.org!

Partner Websites and Helpful Links

News & Updates from the Fair Trade Cart

Thank you from Fair Trade Team: October 29, 2021

The Fair Trade Team would like to thank all those who attended our Faith Formation hour last Sunday. And a special thanks goes to Sheila and Kara Holder and their friend Jean Currie who provided creative planning and print materials - and the bananas - for the activities. It was fun to see so many enjoying the games and having good discussions while learning about fair trade. Some of our kids and adults especially enjoyed the chocolate milk made from fair trade cocoa while learning to spot the logos and words which identify fair trade products in our stores. Some have shown an interest in working with us which we happily encourage! We hope to continue to provide information to you on where to find fairly traded products in our greater community and to offer a variety of products at our cart which will be open before and after the service each Sunday.

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