Fair Trade For All

Specialties

Gifts, Décor, Jewelry, Clothing, Accessories, Musical Instruments, Music CDs, Home & Office Accents, Chocolate, Coffee & Tea, Books & Stationary, Holiday gifts, Ornaments, etc. All products are handmade, unique, fairly traded and eco-​friendly.

History

Established in 2007.

We are a family-​owned, specialty shop featuring unique gifts, clothing, jewelry, home décor, coffee, chocolate and more from over 40 developing countries. We aim to advocate for amazingly talented artisans who aren’t in the position to advocate on their own behalf. The items in our shop are beautiful and all handcrafted by small producer groups or individual artisans who are paid a living wage for their labor under safe working conditions. This living wage allows them to meet basic needs such as clean water, education, medical care, etc. Fair trade also helps defeat the problems of human trafficking, forced child labor, slavery and illegal immigration. We believe that if we change the way we make our purchases, we can help make the world a better place! For more info, go to our new website: www​.fair​trade​forall​.net

Meet the Business Owner

Allen C.

Business Owner

Allen Christian, from North Africa and Gail Bennett met while living in Asia in the 1990s. Before they met, Allen had the «opportunity» to work in a sweat factory during some tough times while living abroad. These experiences were shocking to him. As he became interested in the situations of others around the world, he learned of many people who were unable to support themselves due to religious and other forms of persecution. Having read a passage in Isaiah 58, he felt a burden to do something to help the poor. He wanted to start a business where he could help people learn to support themselves through a trade. Allen, Gail & their son Yacob moved back to Milwaukee and Allen learned about the fair trade movement from Gail’s mom, Alice Foley, a long-​time peace activist. He felt that starting a fair trade business could be his mission!