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Support better conditions for farm workers with fair trade

Mar 12, 2019

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Our current industrial farm culture not only degrades the environment, the soil and the water, but subjects workers to an array of hazards such as respiratory infections, sprains, bruises, severe head trauma, fractures, electrocution and repetitive motion injury. Paul Rice, Founder and CEO of Fair Trade USA emphasizes the need for Fair Trade Certification in the…

Women’s Day Special

Mar 6, 2019

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in Cooperatives, Earth Community, Fair Trade, Podcasts

The World Fair Trade Organization is celebrating Women’s History Month with a series of podcasts featuring Fair Trade Enterprises started and run by women. Allison Havens founded Yabal Handicrafts in Guatemala to keep alive indigenous weaving techniques and create livelihoods for local women. Today, the women producers are becoming the main income earners in their…