Editor's note: We're also pleased to welcome Alicia Erickson to the writing team. Alicia, along with her husband Brady Swenson, will be covering Fair Trade issues for us. Alicia and Brady live in Lawrence, Kansas, where they own and operate Two Hands Worldshop.
Saturday May 12th is the third global World Fair Trade Day. This day of celebration is an opportunity to increase Fair Trade awareness and expand understanding of the [...]
Whether you like it dark, semi-sweet, or milk, most people call chocolate one of their sins. Like most traditional Valentine's Day gifts, "conventional" chocolate has a sketchy background. It's actually a similar story to the ones we've recently told of gold and flowers. Around 70% of the world's supply of chocolate comes from cacao grown in West Africa. These workers are often paid very little wages, and worse, there have been reports of
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Every morning over half of America wakes up to a cup of coffee. And most of us who drink coffee every day, we play it off like it’s no big deal. “I’m not addicted, I swear!” we claim very indignantly, offended at the thought of someone accusing us of such a thing. And yet every morning, without fail, we will stop at nothing until we get a cup of coffee into us.
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