Center for Fair & Alternative Trade

Colorado State University
Education

Graduate Students & Funding

CFAT students research various fair and alternative trade initiatives. Learn more about their research and interests…

CFAT currently provides funding for one Research Assistant each year and additional positions based on project funding. External grants may be available for international scholars. Learn more about currently available Graduate Funding Opportunities…

SEMINAR SERIES

  • Advancing Social and Environmental Sustainability through Fairtrade by Laura Raynolds
  • Social Certification Programs in US Agriculture: Quantifying Impacts on Workers by Alexandra Hill
  • Fair Trade USA Certification of Coffee Plantations: A Feasible Solution for Rural Workers’ Empowerment in Nicaragua and Brazil? by Claudia Rosty
  • Resetting the Good Food Table: Los Angeles Labor and Food Justice Alliances for Good Jobs by Joshua Sbicca
  • Socially Responsible Business Practices and Ethical Consumption Decisions by Sonali Diddi
  • “La misma realidad de cada lugar es diferente” (“The same reality of each place is different”): Case study of an organic farmers’ market in Lima, Peru by Kevin Cody
    • Archive of presentations...

    Undergraduate Internships

    CFAT undergraduate students may enhance their professional skills by gaining critical internship experience in an organization or company that is devoted to the pursuit of global-local social justice and sustainability. There are numerous opportunities to become involved with initiatives in the Fort Collins area, as well as more broadly. Learn more about potential internship site...

    RELATED COURSES


    Graduate Courses:

    • SOC 660: Theories of Development and Social Change
    • SOC 666: Globalization and Socioeconomic Restructuring
    • SOC 667: State, Economy and Society
    • SOC 669: International Inequality and Change
    • POLS 580: Transnational Social Regulation
    • POLS 692: Green Production, Just Production
    • AM 505: Socially Responsible Apparel: Global Policy
    • AM 506: Culture and Work in the Apparel Industry

    Undergraduate Courses:

    • SOC 364: Food, Agriculture, and Globalization


    ADDITIONAL RESOURCES