U.S. Ethical Shopping Guide
Fair Trade Kitchen
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Below is where you can find kitchen products which are fair trade, ethically-made, eco-friendly, handcrafted, sweatshop-free, give back and, well, you get the idea.
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(NOTES: This is a shopping guide so prices and availability can change without notice. If you buy through some of these links, a small amount may come back to help support the mission of Change the World by How You Shop.)
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Fair trade and fairly made goods. They offer a large selection of global fair trade dinnerware and tableware and tablecloths, as well as fairly made chair pads & kitchen linens. (I use my ceramic Mexican bowl for my cereal every morning!)
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Use the code: ShopWithLeeAnne for 10% off your entire order.
Prices: $6 - $98
The Village Country Store
"The original fair trader," started in 1946! They have a huge selection of fair trade kitchen products, (too many to list them all!), including trays & platters, napkins, rings & placemats, tableware,
tablecloths and coasters, hot mats & trivets. (To find their products in a retail store near you, click here.)
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Prices: $5 - $150
Ten Thousand Villages
"Designed to help moms who care about the world make a difference in the lives of other moms!" They offer incredible kitchen towels and napkins, made in the USA by refugee moms. (I love my coffee shop fingertip towels!! They are beautifully made and very absorbent.)
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Prices: $11 - $24
Persona Grata Goods
"Goods sourced ethically, traded fairly, and selected artfully.” They offer a large collection of ethically-made kitchen goods, including cookware, drinkware, table linens, and more.
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Prices: $12 - $495
Made Trade
On a mission “to equip and assist people in developing countries to break the cycle of poverty through their handiwork and creativity." They sell a variety of beautiful fair trade kitchen products, including chopsticks, carved wooden salad spoons, spatulas, hotpads and silk placemats.
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Prices: $4 - $50
Shop With a Mission
"Recycled saris are re-imagined and hand-stitched in the kantha style by a woman impacted by human trafficking and the commercial sex trade." They sell colorful napkin sets and table runners.
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Prices: $33 - $50
Sari Bari
"Amplifying the voices of artisans around the world through retail." They sell coffee mugs and hot pads.
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Prices: $12 - $20
Amplify Peace
An ethical Hawaiian boutique. They offer hand-dyed organic cotton napkin sets.
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(Get 10% off with the code: LEEANNEMCCOY.)
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Prices: $24 - $32
Naupaka
Works in Haiti to develop "craftsmen and leaders that are able to use their skills to provide for their families." They offer ethically-made place mats, table runners, butter dishes, linen napkins and more.
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Prices: $12 - $52
Haiti Design Co.
“Focuses on affordable goods that make a difference.” They offer amazing, ethically-made kitchen products, including mugs, pitchers, trays, cookbook holders and chef's boards.
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Prices: $15 - $128
Give a Damn Goods
Partners "with vulnerable and marginalized people around the world to make products.” They offer beautiful handmade napkins, tablecloths and aprons.
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Prices: $21 - $45
Imagine Goods
Handcrafts beautiful pottery in Indiana. Each purchase provides one week of clean water to someone in need through Water for Good. Check out their cool Inspirational Mugs,
Organic Mugs, Custom Tumblers and Custom Mugs, made in the USA.
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Prices: $24 - $34
MudLOVE
“Building global partnerships through a just marketplace.” They sell cool fair trade kitchen products, including manta coasters, table runners and place mats and recycled flour sack kitchen towels and aprons.
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Prices: $4 - $45
Partners for Just Trade
For more places to find ethically-made kitchen products making a difference in the world, keep scrolling down to the bottom of the page.
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Still Looking?
For help finding more ethically-made and fair trade lunch boxes, water bottles and coffee tumblers, go to our page:
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World Changing Lunch Boxes and Water Bottles​
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Lunch
Provides a "hand up" instead of a "hand out" to young men transitioning out of orphanages in Haiti. Check out their beautiful handcrafted kitchen products, including utensil holders, cheese boards, place mats, table runners, mug rugs​ and more.
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Prices: $10 - $75
HUGG Mission Market
“Purchase a product--transform a life.” They offer beautifully made kitchen products, including cutting boards, spoon rests, trivets, serving trays and spoons, coasters and more.
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Prices: $13 - $91
Bought Beautifully
“Partners with rural Rwandans to bring fair trade beauty to your life and theirs.” They offer cool fair trade woven serving trays, napkin rings, coasters and trivets, made from banana leaves and forest grasses.
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Prices: $15 - $72
Azizi Life
"Empowering and supporting artisans and missionaries." They offer fair trade serving trays, oven mitts, pot holders, table runners, napkins, place mats and more.
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Prices: $8 - $45
Sewing God's Seeds
"Built on the belief that giving job opportunities is the best way to provide HOPE for people in need." They sell beautiful wooden placemats and gorgeous fair trade terra cotta ceramic baking dishes.
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Prices: $18 - $48
Crosstrade
"A global marketplace and the beautiful products in this shop are made by women empowered by Mercy House Global." They offer fair trade bamboo tumblers, mugs and coffee scoops.​
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Prices: $20 - $28
Mercy House
"Into you knowing the makers, because the story matters." They offer beautiful handmade kitchen products, including bread warming baskets, salad spoons, measuring spoons, bamboo straws and coasters.
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Prices: $12 - $70
Made Global
"Creating jobs for mothers & fathers who don’t want to have to abandon their children to an orphanage." They offer beautiful pottery mugs, napkin rings and coasters, handmade in Haiti.
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Prices: $16 - $25
Papillon
Their mission "is to craft beautiful coffee, create purposeful work, and cultivate flourishing communities." They offer home-brewing coffee gear, including cold brew coffee makers, coffee filters and more.
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Prices: $4 - $38
Land of a Thousand Hills
Sells products made by women whose "story has changed from pain and struggle to a story of hope!" They offer beautiful vintage trivets, coasters, decorative bowls and aprons.
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Prices: $24 - $54
Trades of Hope
WorldCrafts "develops sustainable, fair-trade businesses among impoverished people around the world." They offer fair trade kitchen aprons, oven mitts, spoon rests, trivets and more.
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Prices: $18 - $35
WorldCrafts
"A fair trade nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering Mayan women in their quest to bring their families out of extreme poverty." They offer traditionally handwoven fair trade kitchen linens, including table runners, coasters, place mats and napkins.
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Prices: $5 - $76
Mayan Hands
"Changing lives through empowerment, environmental education and employment." They offer eco-friendly placemat sets, created out of up-cycled plastic bags that make beautiful products instead of littering the streets in Haiti.
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Prices: $15
PeaceCYCLE
Return to our page:
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World Changing Home and Garden
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for more home shopping categories, including bathroom, bedroom, office, furniture and more.
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Home
To find more home decor, go to our
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Ethical Home Decor Shopping Guide
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to find ethically-made candles, quilts, wall art, baskets and more.
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Home Decor
"Strives to reduce poverty in Guatemala by providing educational opportunities for students of all ages." They sell gorgeous fair trade kitchen linens, including place mats, napkins, kitchen towels and table runners, with lots of color options.
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Prices: $13 - $40
Education and More
"A nonprofit, fair trade organization dedicated to lifting disadvantaged artisans, farmers, and their families out of poverty." Their high quality, fair trade kitchen products include tablecloths & linens, serving bowls & trays, bread warmers, ceramics, kitchen tools and more. (I love my Kantha dishcloths!)
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Prices: $10 - $120
Serrv
Works in a small town in Haiti to provide much needed jobs and hope to their community. They sell placemats, aprons (also for kids!), trivets, napkins, napkin rings, coasters, serving baskets and more.
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Prices: $7 - $42
2nd Story Goods
Offers “beautiful products at a price that is fair to the artisans who create them." They sell beautiful kitchen products, including cutting boards, table runners, coasters and placemats.
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Prices: $20 - $28
Mosaic Collective
Their "primary goal is to create a fair trade marketplace for handmade home decor and jewelry." You will fall in love with their kitchen towels, table runners and dinner napkins!
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Prices: $5 - $48
The Sparrow Studio
"Creative Christian apparel & lifestyle products." 10% of sales go to fight human trafficking. They offer beautiful mugs with meaningful sayings.
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Prices: $14.50
139Made
Works with Haitians "to end poverty through job creation, education and empowerment." She sells various ethically-made kitchen utensils, including cheese knives, salad servers and coffee scoops.
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Prices: $8 - $36
Elisha C.
“'Weaving hope and justice' to improve the lives of women and children who are at risk from extreme poverty and trafficking." They offer fair trade tablecloths, table runners, placemats, napkins, baskets and dish towels.
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Prices: $6 - $55
Eternal Threads
“A non-profit ministry, which empowers Kenyan people with the love of Christ by training and selling their handcrafted products.” They offer beautiful handmade coasters, bowls, salad spoons, table runners, hot pads and aprons.
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Prices: $12 - $30
Grain of Rice Project
Creates "artisan jobs for North Carolina women living at high risk for sex and labor trafficking and vulnerable to food and housing insecurities." They offer beautiful tea towels, made in the USA.
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Prices: $34
Designed for Joy
50% of their profits is given back to the country where their fair trade products are produced! They offer mugs, tumblers, table runners, aprons and coasters.
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Prices: $10 - $40
Vineworks
To find ethically-made food, drinks and ingredients for your kitchen, check out our guide:
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World Changing Food & Drink​
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for help finding coffee, tea, chocolate, cocoa and more.
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Food & Drink
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Shopping Guide
STILL LOOKING?
For more places to find ethically-made, eco-friendly and fair trade kitchen products, check out these links:
(Artisan-made kitchen goods which fight poverty and injustice.)
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(Eco-friendly kitchen products, made in the USA--I love their colanders.)
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(Ethical brand directory for food and kitchen products.)
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("Ethical Ingredients that are Environmentally and Socially Responsible.")
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(Fair trade kitchen and dining products.)
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(Artisan-made products for kitchen and dining room.​)
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(Cutting boards and glassware made from recycled materials.)
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(Ethically-made, sarcastic, fun kitchen towels that give back.)
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