Case Study: Fair Trade USA achieves time savings and amplifies impact with Pantheon

Saving Time & Sharing Impact

Fair Trade USA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and the leading third‑party certifier of Fair Trade products in the U.S., auditing transactions to promote sustainable livelihoods and protect the environment. With a small web team and one full‑stack developer juggling servers, updates, and caching, the organization needed a cost‑effective, modern workflow to reduce maintenance overhead and make better use of limited resources.

They migrated their Drupal site to Pantheon, which handled the import, core updates, and provided Multidev environments and responsive support. The new platform saved hours each week, enabled faster, safer deployments, and gave the team peace of mind—freeing time and resources to collect richer farmer data, improve impact communications, grow the team, and focus on their mission.

Fair Trade USA

Mark Nicola

Senior Full Stack Developer, Fair Trade USA