Fair Trade: Financial Assistance
Providing financial support to Fair Trade producers moves beyond simply paying fair price for products. Many times financial support simply means pre-payment on at least a portion of placed orders to allow the producers to secure raw materials. Remaining payments are to be made promptly, unlike large corporate counterparts which typically wait 60-90days.
While purchasing items on several months’ credit is commonplace in business making an artisan or farmer to wait several months
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