Our goal at Intent is to manufacture as much in the USA as possible. However with many factories closing and jobs lost due in part to NAFTA , WTO and MFN it is becoming increasingly more difficult to source products within our borders. Nonetheless we will make every effort to produce and sell products grown, milled, manufactured or assembled within the USA.

Why Fair Trade?
A Brief Look at Free Trade in the Global Economy

From around the world, we hear heart-wrenching stories about mistreated and abused workers who earn meager wages. Or worse, we hear about millions of children sold into servitude or forced to work in unsafe conditions for pittance wages to contribute to their family's survival. Unfortunately, these stories are all too common in the new global economy where competitiveness and profits to stockholders are paramount, and poverty is rising. Increasing globalization, along with U.S. government support for free-trade and investment agreements are exacerbating three intractable problems that now plague almost every nation on earth: income inequalities, job losses and environmental damage.

Fair Trade brings the benefits of trade into the hands of communities that need it most. It sets new social and environmental standards for international companies and demonstrates that trade can indeed be a vehicle for sustainable development. Today, a growing movement of workers, environmentalists, consumers, farmers and social movements worldwide is calling for a different framework for trade. They want a global trading system that promotes workers' rights, protects the environment and sustains the ability of local producers to meet community needs. Together, as consumers, they can make a huge difference by demanding significant changes in the ways goods are produced, and vote with their dollars for a more just and environmentally sound trading system. click here for full article

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