This weekend, celebrate Mother’s Day the Fair Trade way. When you buy your mom chocolate, coffee, or flowers be sure to look for the Fair Trade Certified logo… you’ll be helping mothers and families in developing countries earn livable wages and ensure safe working conditions.
Read the stories of Fair Trade moms all over the world (click)
Why & where to buy Fair Trade flowers? (click)
What is Fair Trade?
Fair Trade is a global movement to alleviate poverty in the developing world, while ensuring consumers quality products that improve lives and protect the environment. Everyday purchases that bear the Fair Trade Certified™ logo come from farmers and workers in the developing world who are justly compensated, allowing them to build sustainable businesses that positively influence their communities.
And now the giveaway!
Fair Trade is sending one lucky winner a box of goodies, many of which were made by women-only cooperatives. The box includes: Choice Tea, Allegro Coffee, Alter Eco Thai Sticky Purple Rice, a Chocolove Chocolate bar, a bag of Larabars, and a coupon for Iced Bhakti Chai tea.
This giveaway is now closed, thank you for all the lovely comments…
Hmm… There are so many things to say about my mother, that it is hard to say just one! I think that one of the most important things that I love about my mom is her constant support. I have been up and down in the recent years, dealing with friend problems, body image, and fitting in with my peers. My mom has been my rock through it all. She goes out with me when I am in need of a girl’s night and stays in when the weather (which was dreary and cold all through the winter days) got the best of me. Thanks mom, for all that you do.
After mothering 5 kids (all 2 years apart) successfully through the trials and tribulations of adolescence and college, my mom decided to do it ALL over again with two kids in foster care. I sincerely hope I have the gumption she’s got when I am in my fifties. She sets the bar high while still kickin’ it humble style. Love her!
Miss my Mom every day- I lost her so young – she never passed judgement on anyone and was my best friend.
While she is the shortest person I know, my mom is also the tallest person I know. She is taller than anyone, bigger in heart and soul, lover of laughter, sunlight and me!
My mom put so much of herself into raising us the right way, even (or especially when) we didn’t appreciate it. She is amazing and I hope to be half the mom she is!
My Mom and I love to go shopping together and have a lavish lunch in the process. She is one of my best friends and I love spending as much time with her as I can. This Mother’s Day (and last year too) I’m making a brunch for the family 🙂
I love my mother, mom, mommy and best friend! She and I live on opposite sides of California but connect multiple days out of the week to say hello, exchange recipes, de-stress and laugh. My mother is beautiful, strong, hardworking and loves unconditionally. I strive to have half her energy when I am 65!
She has this ability to turn any less-than-stellar situation into a positive one!
My Mom is like an elephant. She never forgets. And I mean that nicely. 😉
My mom is so supportive of me… I can’t imagine getting to where I am now without her!
My mom is the best listener : ).
My mom is the most considerate and caring person I know.
I learned to be a great cook from my mom!
My mom is the only person who has ever really gotten me. Sometimes I think she knows me better than I know myself. Every day I wonder how I got so lucky to have a mother that I can count on for literally everything.
my mom is the bravest woman I know
In almost all of my own faults, to my most wonderful traits, up to the shape of my lips and each of my second toes (which are slightly longer than the first), I see my mother in me. She has helped to shape the person I am today, and the person I will continue to become throughout my life.. And I simply cannot imagine my life without her.
My Mom had major surgery this month and took it like a champ! I am so proud of her!
Thanks for the giveaway! I love my mom. We both have very different views on tons of things (boys, curfews, even food!). It’s kind of funny, since we’re not that close at all since our jobs don’t allow us to spend as much time as we’d like with each other. But no matter how mad we get at each other, she’s always willing to welcome me with open arms.
My mom works harder than anyone I know, but she’ll drop anything and everything if I need her for something. And she’s an amazing gardener!
My mom has always been the one to advocate for me and listen to me. I call her almost everyday and she almost always answers….no matter what she is doing. I’m thankful she is my mom!