For all you Fair Trade skeptics, and for those of you who need some reaffirmation, I highly recommend perusing a recent photo essay released by Foreign Policy magazine.  The essay provides important  insight into the state of child labor around the world, and sends a clear reminder that the alternative to Fair Trade is often grim, oppressive and dangerous.  [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="As the recession hits the developing world, child labor is on the rise"][/caption]   Thanks, Foreign Policy, for revealing the effects of the global recession on the world’s children, and for giving us a potent reminder that a purchase is not just a purchase.  When you buy Fair Trade, you’re giving a living wage to parents so children are sent to schools—not factories.