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Post by ZandraJoi on Feb 1, 2022 21:14:48 GMT -5
naturalwestmichigan.com/purposeful-shopping"How Fair Trade Can Change the World Fair trade is an alternative international business model that puts people and the planet first. It is designed to help growers and producers in developing countries achieve sustainable, fair relationships with exporters and consumers in wealthier parts of the globe. It focuses particularly on commodities like coffee, tea, textiles and seafood, and works to ensure sustainable prices, better working conditions and higher environmental standards...." My notes: Most of the food & goods we buy are from cheap labor. Unfortunately, we cannot get away with that until more people demand better environments for workers.
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Post by spg on Feb 2, 2022 0:49:06 GMT -5
Do you know that even locally, the farmers get only at a maximum of 20% of the market price? Everything else is eaten by the middle men.
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Post by lainee on Feb 2, 2022 16:38:51 GMT -5
We can explore Mars, but farmers get only 20%! HMPTH! That's outrageous & so wrong We buy Organic and Fair Trade whenever possible
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Post by spg on Feb 3, 2022 0:52:02 GMT -5
They do not have direct access to the market. And it is not easy for us to reach them where they live.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Jun 12, 2023 11:10:28 GMT -5
tasteforlife.com/living-well/business/history-fair-trade"When I was a teenager, my grandmother would take me to the neighborhood Mennonite store in Ontario where I’d purchase worry dolls and change purses from Guatemala to give to my friends. Although I knew I was somehow benefiting artisans 2,000 miles away, I soon ran out of gifts to purchase through alternative trade. Decades and thousands of products later, the labeling, marketing, and advocacy initiative known as fair trade is seeing astounding global growth as conscious consumerism moves into the mainstream...." My notes: The article states this has been going on for 65 years! When you do buy, try to support the companies that are for fair trade.
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Post by Bob on Jun 12, 2023 18:42:23 GMT -5
Never really paid attention to how long it's been around.
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