Honor Mom with Fair Trade Flowers
The Pope has been visiting, the Fair Trade Federation had its conference, and now we are all gearing up for World Fair Trade Day. Spring has sprung at CRS Fair Trade!
Our friends at TransFair USA have also reminded us that this Mother’s Day falls only one day after World Fair Trade Day on Sunday, May 11th. You can take the opportunity to celebrate Fair Trade with your mother by buying her a bouquet of beautiful Fair Trade Certified roses. Fair Trade Certified Flowers are already making a difference for women and mothers around the world and your purchase means not just fair wages, but increased employee benefits including 12 weeks paid maternity leave and childcare and equal representation for women in leadership roles.
According to TransFair, Fair Trade Certified Flowers are now available regionally at Giant Food Stores, New Seasons Market, Roche Brothers and UKROPS and on the web at 1-800-Flowers, and Organic Bouquet. The TransFair USA partnereship with FTD means new independent florists are adding Fair Trade flowers every day! To view a complete list of where you can buy Fair Trade Certified flowers this Mother’s Day, please visit at the website.
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If it helps, Gifts with Humanity, a member of FTF, also offers bouquets of recycled paper flowers from Thailand on their website: http://www.giftswithhumanity.org/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=paper+flower
Fair Trade Flowers are a great way to show not only that you care about your mother, but also that you care about the workers who produce your flowers. So yes, if you choose to buy flowers please make sure they are Fair Trade Certified.
That said, another possibility is to donate to an organization working to promote better conditions for all flower workers. You can tell your mom that you made a donation in her name, which she is sure to appreciate.
But what if you could make a donation and possibly get some flowers? Well, there is such an opportunity. The Fairness in Flowers campaign of the ILRF is conducting a fund raising raffle. Tickets are $10 each and your donation enters you for a chance to win one of four Fair Trade Certified bouquets of roses, delivered anywhere in the country. And when you buy three tickets, ILRF will send your mother a bar of the finest Fair Trade Certified chocolate and a Fairness in Flowers greeting card. To get more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.laborrights.org/node/1239
Happy Mother’s Day!
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