Happy Mother’s Day to Mothers Around the World

This Mother’s Day, we want to acknowledge the mothers in farming communities that are contributing to their families’ coffee, cacao or tea production, while also running their households – cooking, cleaning, and tending to the children, animals, and gardens. It’s a lot of work, and often requires getting up as early as 4 a.m. and being the last to go to sleep. Supporting fairly traded products from small farmer co-ops supports the women in these communities. Many of the co-ops have women’s programs that help the women to diversify their family’s income, purchase time-saving equipment for their household, and address health issues.  

On this special day, we hope you’ll take the time to thank your Mom for her hard work, wherever she may be. Say thanks with a fairly traded gift that supports farming families around the world. All of our gifts are on sale in the lead up to Mother's Day. And as an added bonus, we are offering two additional coupons for Mother's Day below.

Please note: Each gift includes a handwritten greeting card with your personal message.

* Subject to our free shipping policy

Summer Chocolate Shipping Policy Starting May 1, 2011

If the above coupons were not enough of an incentive, we also want to remind you that our summer shipping policy for chocolate will be going into effect soon. While Equal Exchange offers cold-pack shipping of our chocolate products during the summer months, we do charge an additional handling fee to cover the increased cost for shipping; so why not stock up now and take advantage of our chocolate discount coupon at the same time!

Win a Year's Supply of Chocolate for Mom!

Enter for the opportunity to send your mother a year's supply of chocolate! And not just any chocolate on the shelf - it's fairly traded, organic chocolate that supports small-scale cacao farmers in the Dominican Republic, Peru, Panama and Ecuador. In the sad occurrence that you don't win a year's supply of the good stuff, you can still send Mom an Equal Exchange gift she'll love -- a delicious gift that has a deeper impact in the lives of farming communities around the world.

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Our New Thank You Gift

When you’re attending a friend’s party and you want to say "thanks" for great hospitality, the Fair Trade Thank You gift is a great way to show your appreciation! This basket contains the works, from coffee and tea to a handcrafted creamer and sugar set.

The Thank You Gift contains the following items:

• 1 package of Equal Exchange Love Buzz Coffee (10oz, Drip)
• 1 package of Equal Exchange Mind, Body & Soul Coffee (12oz, Drip)
• 1 can Equal Exchange Spicy Hot Cocoa (12oz)
• 1 box Equal Exchange Chamomile Tea (20 bags)
• 1 box Equal Exchange Earl Grey Tea (20 bags)
• 1 Ten Thousand Villages hand woven kaisa grass basket
• 1 Nicaraguan Handmade creamer and sugar bowl set

World Fair Trade Day is May 14

Once a year, people from around the globe take a day to celebrate, educate, and promote Fair Trade to their neighbors, friends, family members or anyone that will listen. You can learn more about events and other opportunities to participate in World Fair Trade Day on the official website or on the Fair Trade Resource Network website. Perhaps you might want to share or conduct an event of your own. Inviting a neighbor over for coffee is all it takes to spread the word about fairly traded products and help make the world a more just place.