Fair Trade is about raising people out of poverty. The most immediate impact of Fair Trade is the money it puts into the pockets of the farmers and workers, providing clothes and education for their children, healthcare for their families and the resources to invest in their farms, and infrastructures.

Fair Trade strengthens communities. Fair Trade farmers are required to reserve a portion of their revenues for community development and educational projects, projects, such as offering technical training for the producers.

Fair Trade offers producers the opportunity to organize, form cooperatives, and represent themselves in the global trade market.

Finally, by ensuring that farmers use cultivation techniques such as organic fertilizers, natural pest control, and intercropping that are safe for the environment and public health, Fair Trade helps maintain biodiversity, provides shelter for migratory birds and helps reduce global warming.

FAIRTRADE LABELING ORGANISATIONS INTERNATIONAL (FLO)
Fairtrade Labeling Organizations International (FLO) is the worldwide Fair Trade Standard setting and Certification organization. FLO guarantees that products sold with a Fair Trade label conforms to Fair Trade Standards and contributes to the development of disadvantaged producers and workers. Read about Fair Trade success stories.
FLO > Impact
http://www.fairtrade.net/sites/impact/impact.html

GLOBAL EXCHANGE
Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world. Learn about the story of Fair Trade farmers in Ethiopia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Peru and Tanzania and see how Fair Trade is making a tangible difference in their lives.
Global Exchange > Get Involved > Global Economy > Fair Trade > Coffee > Coffee Cooperatives
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/
cooperatives.html

OXFAM GREAT BRITAIN
Oxfam Great Britain is a development, relief, and campaigning organization that works to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering around the world. The "Market Access Parables" section of Oxfam's website profiles small-scale producers from around the world (from Ghana, Peru, Mexico, Indonesia and Bangladesh) who have improved their livelihoods by gaining more power in markets. Read about the barriers they faced, and the ways in which these barriers were overcome, supported by the Fair Trade movement.
Oxfam > What We Do > Issues We Work On > Fair Trade > Market Access
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/fairtrade/parables/
index.htm

TRANSFAIR USA
TransFair USA, a nonprofit organization, is one of nineteen members of Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO), and the only third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States. Learn about the environmental and social benefits guaranteed by Fair Trade.
Transfair USA > About Fair Trade > Fair Trade > Overview
http://www.transfairusa.org/content/about/
overview.php