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Listen to an Organizer: Dan Steinbauer on Buying Clubs

Buying clubs are a powerful way for people to support authentic fair trade. For the third entry in our Buying Clubs series, we interviewed someone…

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Faith-based ​Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic​ ​ ​

 Church ​s​ales, or ​b​uying ​c​lubs, are a vital part of U.S. s​olidarity ​e​conomic​s​: they demonstrate consumer commitment…

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A basket of fair trade food from a buying club

Why Buying Clubs? Why Now?

What Exactly is a Buying Club? Faith-based groups have sold coffee, tea, and chocolate to assist small farmers through the Equal Exchange Interfaith Program…

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Groups Sharing Cases of Equal Exchange Products

Why share cases? Groups buying and sharing cases of products together is an alternative way of purchasing food and other goods, instead of buying individually…

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