The story of fair trade
Fri, Sep 18 2009 at 6:36 AM EST
Earlier this week our lifestyle blogger, Siel, reminded me that October is Fair Trade Month. She pointed us all to fairtrademonth.org for lots of ideas on how to support fair trade next month and throughout the year.
I’ve done a post on fair trade facts before, but I thought for those of you who are still wondering what it is and why it is important, this video would be helpful.
You go ahead and watch this while I sit back and sip my fair trade coffee.
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Fair Trade the White House
Thank you for highlighting Fair Trade Awareness Month. Fair trade product offerings continue to grow (can you say vodka and condoms?) and the fair trade community has united to reach out to the First Lady.
Fair Trade the White House is a coalition of fair trade vendors and organizations which is inviting the First Lady to join the fair trade movement and make the White House a "Fair Trade Home." The purpose of the outreach is to raise greater awareness of fair trade to the American.... More