Equal Exchange, a pioneer and U.S. market leader in Fair Trade coffee since 1986, is a full service provider of high quality, organic coffee, tea, cocoa products and chocolate to retailers and food service establishments. Major customers include Price Chopper, Shaw's, Stop & Shop, and Hannaford supermarkets, natural food stores, consumer food cooperatives, cafés, restaurants, and thousands of places of worship nationwide.
100% of Equal Exchange products are fairly traded, benefiting 39 small farmer cooperatives in 19 countries around the world.
In keeping with its Fair Trade mission Equal Exchange is a worker cooperative, owned and democratically controlled by its employees.
An 8 minute video about Equal Exchange, produced by the Zana Network as part of their "Bright Green" series on progressive small businesses.