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Talkin' Trade With Scott Codey of the NYC Fair Trade Coalition

Trade Talk:  Conversations with Leaders in the Fair Trade Movement As part of Fair Trade Local’s “Trade Talk” series, GGP invites leaders in the fair trade movement to answer questions about global trade, grassroots activism, poverty, women’s rights and their...

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Bring out Your Textiles!

5.7% of NYC's residential waste is textile waste although textiles are 100% Recyclable Jeeez, NYC.  Get with it.  If you're in the Big Apple, bring old towels, shoes, clothes, hats  and anything else that might be a "textile" to one...

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When life gives you lemons...make them Fair Trade

Just in time for summer, Seald Sweet International announced it will be importing fair trade citrus from South Africa.  And you thought only bananas could be FT certified... Click here for more info...

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Stand in Solidarity With Iran's Women

For those of you Fair Trade enthusiasts who make your homes under rocks, away from 24-hour cable news networks and BBC radio, we’re here with the skinny:  serious change is underway in Iran.  Following the June 12th elections, in which...

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Global Fair Trade Sales Rise, Swedes Reign Victorious

According to The Fair Trade Foundation, worldwide sales of fair trade products grew an impressive 22% in 2008--despite the global economic crisis.  This is an exciting number considering the wide scale destabilization the recession has caused in the developing world....

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Did you say Fair Trade Sweepstakes? Why yes, yes we did.

Coco Eco, a newly-founded eco-fashion magazine, is offering a $600 fair trade give away basket. Kuddos to Coco for recognizing the important connection between the green life and the fair trade life (and for giving us the opportunity to win...

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Invite Michelle Obama to “Fair Trade the White House”

In her short time as First Lady, Michelle Obama has already managed to do more than most people in their lifetimes (while maintaining impeccably toned biceps and a killer wardrobe). Help her wrack up some more coolest First Lady ever points by cordially inviting her to make the White House a “Fair Trade Home.”

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Fair Trade Local, Reporting for Duty

Greetings!  This is Fair Trade Local’s first post, and it seems only proper to start with an introduction. So without further ado… Fair Trade Local is the official “community action blog” for Global Goods Partners (GGP), an NYC-based fair trade...

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