TRADEWINDS

Tradewinds is a volunteer based, not-for-profit company who has been working to make trade fairer since 1977... Tradewinds Tea and Coffee Pty Ltd began as the World Development Tea Cooperative (WDTC) in 1977. The cooperative was the successor of earlier groups of people from 1975 onwards. A group of ordinary people wanted to show that international trade could provide decent work, adequate pay and quality of life for producer communities... In 1991, Tradewinds Tea and Coffee was incorporated and became the trading arm of WDTC which continued its educational role. In the same year, Tradewinds began importing Arabicas coffee produced by smallholders from PNG. The following year, Tradewinds began bringing in Garaina organic tea, again from smallholders from PNG, and a few years later certified organic and fairtade tea from first organic tea estate in Sri Lanka at Idulgashinna. In 1999, Tradewinds took over the WDTC's functions in a streamlining of the organisation. The following year,..

Also known as: Tradewinds Tea and Coffee Pty Ltd, www.tradewinds.org.au

Primary location: Monash Australia