OUR VENDORS
Check out our vendors for the Fair Trade Holiday Festival 2024 held at Monona Terrace!
ETHICAL TRADE CO
Thailand, Nepal, Haiti
We at Ethical Trade Co are working to end human trafficking. By carefully selecting suppliers & organizations to work with, we can help provide an alternative to slavery & exploitation. Every purchase creates an opportunity for marginalized people all across the world to make an alternate working choice. Our backpacks, purses, jewelry, coffees, teas, & other products are all ethically sourced, ensuring fair trade & creating hope one product at a time.
CAMPO ALPACA, INC
Peru, USA
We are a fair-trade company created by Badgers. We create long-lasting alpaca apparel with artisans in Peru. CAMPO uplifts communities through fair & beneficial employment opportunities. Making the world better is the goal of CAMPO. CAMPO comes from two words: Cambio+Positivo meaning positive change in Spanish.
TULIA'S ARTISAN GALLERY
Colombia
Tulia’s Artisan Gallery is a Chicago-based woman-owned business with a mission to showcase high quality Colombian craftsmanship by collaborating with master artisans who preserve & strengthen the diverse cultures of Colombia. We use fair trade principles while collaborating with our artisan partners, most of whom are indigenous and Afro-Colombians.
BLOSSOMS INSPIRATIONS
Peru, Mexico
Blossom Inspirations: was founded in 2009 under the principles of Fair Trade. We offer women & kids accessories & home décor. We work directly with artisans, knowing them by name and visiting them at their homes and workshops. Our products are designed & produced to impact positively artisans, wholesalers, retailers, consumers & our environment.
INTI FAIR TRADE
Ecuador
Inti Fair Trade specializes in hand-made jewelry made w/ eco-friendly tagua nuts. Sleek & lightweight, tagua is a sustainable material that grows in a spiky seedpod in a palm species. We source our tagua in Ecuador from artisans we know personally & meet w/ to discuss their production practices, products, & fair prices.
TERRA EXPERIENCE
Guatemala
As owner of Terra Experience my goal is to grow and continuously improve Terra Experience as a socially and environmentally responsible for-profit small business that is able to provide a fair wage and empower the artisan families with whom we work. We sell an assortment of items like doll clothes, blouses, baskets, and much more.
MISTI ALPACA YARNS / MISTI INT'L
Peru
We offers products & dying services with fair trade practices. Misti Alpaca Chunky & Hand Paint Chunky yarns are 100% Baby Alpaca fiber & considered the “Softest Yarn ever”. Our Fiber Dye House, is environmentally friendly, focusing on natural & eco-friendly products & vegetable-based dyes.
PLAYGROUNDS FOR PALESTINE
Palestine
Playgrounds for Palestine is an expression of solidarity with the plight of Palestinian children. It is an affirmation of their right to childhood. It is a minimal recognition of their humanity. They have provided 39 playgrounds and counting to the children of Palestine.
THAI VILLAGE
Thailand
Thai Village exists to empower people in Thailand, by providing vocational training & employment as a means of economic stability, & by supporting Christian education & community-based programs. We develop long-term relationships with local people & produce handmade crafts that reflect their diverse cultures.
SORA PRODUCTS
Philippines
We work with weavers in impoverished Philippine communities using recycled materials to create one of a kind fashion and home accessories. 60% of our proceeds go to our weaver partners and 40% of our proceeds gets their products to the international marketplace so they can earn a fair wage for their craft.
INDIE PENDANT
India
A small ( but mighty!) design house that supports responsible companies which provide safe working conditions and build sustainable livelihoods to empower and uplift the local communities.
MADISON-RAFAH SISTER CITY PROJECT
Palestine
We began in 2003 as concerned citizens in Madison, Wisconsin looking to build public awareness of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, & forge person-to-person relationships that benefit citizens of both cities. We sell a large variety of fair trade Palestinian crafts & Holy Land olive oil products.
MADISON ARCATAO SISTER CITY PROJECT (MASCP)
El Salvador
MASCP celebrates the official sister city relationship between Madison & Arcatao, El Salvador. We sponsor trips to and from Arcatao. We fundraise to support civil society there & the USESSC network. We share information about how US policy affects people in Arcatao & we sell the beautiful embroidery made by the women in the Elsy Ana Cooperativa de Bordado that you see here. 2020 marks 34 years of sistering between Madison and Arcatao!
HOPE INSTITUTE OF UGANDA
Uganda
We are a non-profit, fair trade organization that helps raise up leaders in Uganda, Africa.We give education scholarships, partner for water projects and send medical teams for surgery camps. We sell beautiful jewelry and other items made from recycled and sustainable products.
MINGA FAIR TRADE IMPORTS
Ecuador, Brazil, Bangladesh
Minga's mission started in 1997 as a response to a need for fair wages and flexible jobs for honest, humble, hard-working people. Minga brings small independant producers and retailers together with the goal of long-term financial sustainability for all.
THE ARTISAN COLLECTIVE
Nepal, Ecuador, Mexico
We are a UW-Madison student led organization that collaborates directly with women artisans in Ecuador, Nepal & Mexico. Your purchase creates work that generates much needed income for food, healthcare, & education for our partners & their families.
MERRY-GO-STRONG
Kenya
Merry-Go-Strong (MGS) is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with communities in Kenya, by supporting women and children to expand their craft, mind, and resources.
TABAL CHOCOLATE
Nicaragua, Colombia, Costa Rica
Tabal crafts dark chocolate from single origin cacao beans all the way to the chocolate bar. We make all our chocolate at our store in Wauwatosa Village. We source the finest ingredients in the world directly from small scale farmers & use traditional stone grinding techniques to refine & release the exotic flavors of the cacao beans. Our chocolate is vegan, dairy free, soy free.
BALI & SOUL
Bali, Nepal, India
Bali & Soul is a fair trade family business which began in 1990. We bring the creative & artistic talent of family & friends to you from Bali, Nepal, India, Egypt & Thailand. We specialize in wearable art, jewelry, home decor, & more. Contact us for an appointment to shop our wares. 608 257 9399
SOKO SPACE
Kenya, Tanzania, Turkey
I purchase beautifully, well-crafted items from individuals and small groups on a fair trade basis.
AMSTERDAM MADISON
Mexico
We are a locally owned pop-up boutique in Madison, WI in business for over 30 years. We feature fairly traded goods from around the world especially, Mexico and Guatemala, as well as union-made t-shirts, buttons and stickers supporting worker's rights, and USA produced Special Effects Hair Color.
PALESTINE PARTNERS
Palestine
Palestine Partners provides a way to support women and youth in the West Bank through their partnership with the Women in Hebron handmade craft collective and the human rights group Youth of Sumud.
