Fair Trade Producer Spotlight: Tara Projects
- Mata Traders
- 19 Apr, 2022
All Mata Traders jewelry comes through Tara Projects in Delhi, India. Recognized as a Guaranteed Fair Trade member of the WFTO, Tara, which stands for... Read More ››
Fair Trade Producer Spotlight: Indigene
- Mata Traders
- 16 Apr, 2022
The traditional Indian textiles you see in many Mata designs are the result of our partnership with Indigene Craft, a fair trade label built on... Read More ››
Fair Trade Producer Spotlight: Creative Handicrafts
- Katie Gavenda
- 05 Apr, 2022
Creative Handicrafts is a fair trade organization that produces Mata Traders apparel in Mumbai, India. Their dedication to community development and providing a supportive environment for... Read More ››
Fair Trade Producer Spotlight: Sadhna
- Mata Traders
- 31 Mar, 2022
If you love our hand embroidery, you have our fair trade partner Sadhna to thank for much of it. A passionate and supportive community and... Read More ››
Fair Trade Producer Spotlight: Mahaguthi Craft With a Conscience
- Mata Traders
- 27 Mar, 2022
A supporter of family-owned artisan printing and weaving units, this WFTO Guaranteed Fair Trade Member also provides goods, skills training, and development programs to marginalized... Read More ››
Meet a Maker of Fair Trade Clothing
- Mata Traders
- 01 Aug, 2019
Choti is a member of one of our partner cooperatives. We had the opportunity to speak to her and learn about her experience working within... Read More ››
The Artisans Behind Our Fair Trade Jewelry
- Mata Traders
- 24 Jun, 2019
Miranda, our jewelry designer, shares her process and talks about her recent visit with the artisan cooperatives we partner with in India and Nepal. Read as she... Read More ››
What a Difference a Dress Makes
- Mata Traders
- 12 Oct, 2017
There's no better time than Fair Trade Month to celebrate all the good that comes from a fair partnership between producers and consumers. Throughout October,... Read More ››
Starting Out at a Fair Trade Cooperative
- Mata Traders
- 22 Aug, 2017
The morning sun streaks across a bustling street in Mumbai. Shakuntula has walked this path many times. After her husband’s death nearly two decades ago,... Read More ››
Mata Loves Moms
- Laura Mobley
- 27 Apr, 2017
In honor of today being Take Your Daughter (or Child) to Work Day here in the U.S., and in anticipation of Mother's Day, we figured... Read More ››
Behind the Seams: A Special Q & A with Jonit
- Katie Gavenda
- 13 Oct, 2016
When our founder Maureen started Mata, she had two best friends, Jonit and Michelle, by her side on a ’round the world trip. While she knew... Read More ››
MATA AND 360° FAIR TRADE
- Mata Traders
- 02 Oct, 2016
As a member of the Fair Trade Federation, Mata is happy to use Fair Trade Month as an excuse to introduce a new way of talking about what... Read More ››
Upcycling Bone, Transforming Lives
- Mata Traders
- 02 Sep, 2016
Check out this short video to see the process of how our upcycled bone jewelry is made! Read More ››
CHILDCARE AT OUR CO-OPS
- Jonit Bookheim
- 03 May, 2016
As someone whose business partners had babies 3 years ago, I know the value of childcare. This Mother’s Day, I’d like to point out how... Read More ››
A FIERCE MOM’S FAIRY TRADE TALE
- Mata Traders
- 02 May, 2016
Once upon a time, I was living my biggest fear: becoming a single mom of three kids 7, 9, and 11. I was not prepared... Read More ››
LIFE AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE
- Mata Traders
- 14 Oct, 2015
From our coverage of the Earthquake in Nepal in April, you know that members of our partner cooperative in Kathmandu were safe, although many suffered family... Read More ››
UPDATES FROM OUR ARTISANS
- Mata Traders
- 01 Oct, 2015
If you read our blog regularly, you know that one of the perks of being a member of a fair trade cooperative is the opportunity... Read More ››