Palestine Fair Trade Association
The Palestine Fair Trade Association (PFTA) is the largest fair trade producers' union in Palestine, with over 2000 smallholder Palestinian farmers and 200 women producers joined in 52 village based fair trade cooperatives.
They empower their members economically and socially through fair trade and organic farming, capacity building, and certification, enabling small and marginalized producers to overcome some of the challenges of military occupation by giving them access to international markets. Follow PFTA on Facebook.
PFTA Farmer workshop in Sanour village, 2004
The PFTA has a grassroots program called Trees for Life that has replanted thousands of olive trees in Palestine. This project helps offset the enormous destruction of olive trees by the Israeli occupation army in Palestine.
New olive tree saplings for this farmer to plant in Palestine
Regenerative heritage seed bank uses land-race (ancient native seeds) and other regenerative farming practices to revive Palestinian agricultural heritage of sustainable methods Palestinian farmers evolved over thousands of years - boosting field crops and food security.
Farmers who receive land-race seeds benefit directly and by allowing restocking of the seed bank for the next group of farmers.
Read more about the PFTA which was named a 'world model for rural transformation' by the ILO.