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41 Percent Increase in Global Fair Trade Certified Sales Benefits 1.4 Million Farmers Worldwide

July 31, 2007
- Business Wire --

Consumers worldwide spent a record $2.21 billion dollars (U.S.) on Fair Trade Certified(TM) products in 2006, according to Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO). This is a 41 percent increase from 2005, and directly benefits more than 1.4 million producers and workers globally. (more…)

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Starting Out: Ways To Do Your Share

August 5, 2007
- Wall Street Journal Diana Ransom

Many twentysomethings want to do something positive for the world but don’t have large sums to give to charitable organizations whose efforts they admire.

Beyond giving what you can, though, there are numerous other ways, small and large, that you can reach out to address problems such as poverty and global warming.

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Amherst Becomes Nation’s Fourth Fair Trade Town

November 8, 2007

- Daily Hampshire Gazette Scott Merzbach

AMHERST - Town Meeting Wednesday made Amherst the fourth fair-trade
community in the nation, and the first in Massachusetts.

The fair-trade designation is intended to raise awareness of exploitation of
and unfair compensation to farmers producing the world’s coffee, chocolate,
tea, bananas and sugar. (more…)

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