Canaan Fair Trade is based in Jenin, Palestine. They import products made by over 1,700 small farmers and women's groups organized in informal cooperatives and represented by the Palestine Fair Trade Association (PFTA). Canaan Fair Trade is the world-wide marketing member of the Palestine Fair Trade Association, and benefits over 1700 farm families in Palestine by selling their USDA organic, certified fair trade olive oil and foods, produced in the traditional, sustainable Palestinian farming methods of cultivating and harvesting. Fair trade supports the farmers’ pride and dignity with their ability to produce and have access to the world market. Canaan products are certified fair trade by FLO (TransFair USA) and IMO of Switzerland.

Canaan started the Trees for Life program in 2005. They have planted over 38,400 olive trees with start-up farmers, small farmers, and those whose trees or lands have been destroyed by Israeli forces.

In 2006 Canaan's micro-loan program extended fair trade benefits of economic and social empowerment to women’s collectives making traditional Palestinian foods and olive oil soap.

Each year since 2007, the Canaan Scholarships program has awarded 10 full four-year college scholarships to deserving students from farm or refugee families to attend local Palestinian universities. These students work as interns in the PFTA during the summers, developing leadership skills that will bring lasting benefit to their communities. 15 female and 5 male students are currently attending college under Canaan scholarships.

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