Buying a Fair Trade chocolate bar or a cup of Fair Trade coffee is fantastic, but your consumer efforts toward social good don’t have to end there. Stock your pantry with some of these Fair Trade Certified items to add a little bit of good karma to your home-cooked meals.

Spices

Spice up your dishes with products from Frontier, which makes seven varieties of Fair Trade Certified spices, like black pepper, nutmeg and cinnamon. Frontier is also the first company in the United States to sell Fair Trade Certified vanilla extract to consumers. Each time a customer purchases a product from Frontier, workers receive a premium that goes toward community projects like health clinics, schools and access to electricity. frontiercoop.com

Exotic spices can be hard to find, and even more elusive if you’re looking for Fair Trade Certified versions. But The Spicy Gourmet has changed the face of the spice market, making Fair Trade Certified flavors, from cumin to coriander, fennel to fenugreek seeds, available to American consumers. thespicygourmet.com

Sugar

Looking to satisfy your sweet tooth? Wholesome Sweeteners offers several Fair Trade Certified sweetening products, including brown sugar, raw sugar, honey and powdered sugar. Since 2005, Wholesome Sweeteners has paid more than $4 million in Fair Trade social premiums to help farming and beekeeping cooperatives in the Mexico, Malawi and Paraguay invest in their communities. wholesomesweeteners.com

Sweets

From chocolatey cocoa biscotti to bountiful banana bread, nothing warms the soul quite like fresh, homemade sweet treats – even if they do come with a little bit of calorie-driven guilt. Feel good about your indulgence with Simply Organic baking mixes, which use Fair Trade Certified cocoa and spices to create delectable desserts that you can make at home. simplyorganicfoods.com

Grains

Alter Eco offers a complete line of 14 different 100 percent Fair Trade Certified food products, including pantry staples like cane sugar, rice and quinoa. The company’s products not only help close the wealth gap between developing and industrialized countries, they are grown and harvested in ways that are eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable. altereco-usa.com

Tea

Choice Organic Teas is a pioneer in the world of Fair Trade. In 2000, the company partnered with Fair Trade USA to write guidelines for Fair Trade Certification in the tea industry. Today, Choice Organic Teas offers more Fair Trade Certified teas than any other company in the United States. choiceorganicteas.com

Preserves

From buying local to wild harvesting, Food for Thought is dedicated to the tenets of environmental sustainability.  Many products in the company’s line of scrumptious preserves, in varieties like Cherry Cabernet and Strawberry Basil, use Fair Trade Certified sugars to complement and bring out the natural, crisp fruit flavors. foodforthought.net

What Fair Trade products do you have in your pantry? Also, check out this cool video on how to fill your home with Fair Trade goods.

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