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Comment by Stacy Fader on October 4, 2009 at 11:31am

Kumani believes in the principles of Fair Trade: The women of the Fair Trade cooperatives in which the ingredients for this line are produced earn living wages to better provide for their households, opening doors to better nutrition, health and education. Kumani is committed to contributing 10% of all revenues to community enhancement projects co-designed by constituent communities to provide them true ownership of their common futures. Kumani is also dedicated to raising awareness about issues of poverty, inequality and environmental degradation in our own communities, through this product line.


Fair Trade is a market-based tool for sustainable development. The direct benefits that producer communities earn in the form of living wages and community enhancement projects can have relatively fast and remarkable results. Rather than creating dependence on externally conceived and funded development initiatives, Fair Trade promotes the ownership of human futures by communities themselves. In addition, admittance to Fair Trade organizations and certifying our products as fairly traded would bolster our appeal to conscientious consumers, whose support and partnership is so important in our shared quest for social and environmental justice.