Producer Stories
Hong Kong innovation: So...Soap!
What’s the ideal solution for a mother who wants to work in Hong Kong while caring for the family and for...
Kitchen Crafts from Egypt
For decades, refugees from around northern Africa have fled to Egypt to escape horrors like persecution, rape and genocide, yet they...
Geobars: The original Fair Trade cereal bar
Celia, of Chile, knows a thing or two about honey. A mother of five, Celia lives in the Valdivia region of...
The chocolate that built a school
West Africa is a hot-spot for chocolate slavery. Children as young as 8 can be found putting in back-breaking days wielding...
Zimbabwe: New eyeglasses from fair trade
When female unemployment in Zimbabwe was at 97%, a bunch of smart women got together and created a knitting cooperative. Knitting,...
Cola building bridges in Sierra Leone
In Boma, Sierra Leone, crossing the river from the old village to the new village used to be a muddy struggle....
Hearts and Hands: Joining hands with China's deaf artisans
Lei Mei, of China, was 25 when she suddenly lost her hearing. She's not sure exactly how it happened, but it...
Christmas cards - Peru
“Those were the years of violence,” said Juliana, a Peruvian woman who works with craft collective Kuyanakuy. She reflected on the bloody...
Dancing Goats and fair trade coffee
Dancing goats are, it would seem, responsible for the world’s love of coffee. According to legend, Kaldi, an Ethiopian goatherd from ancient...
