Fair Trade supports not only the employees and farmers, but also prospers the community around them.
Education
Certifications, ingredients, labeling lingo? What a quagmire! Transform yourself into an informed, discerning consumer to spend wisely and cruise through the marketing melee with a savvy eye.
There are things I don’t question until I try to explain them. Then they sound bizarre. Like where LA gets its water.
I am in Sri Lanka seeing what Fair Trade looks like at Dr. Bronner’s first sister project: the coconut mill, Serendipol.
Federal law as of 2018 agrees, but it took civil disobedience to get there. My brother was arrested twice.
Beyond cross-breeding or hybridization, GMOs are foods that have had new material inserted into their genetic code.
My son has grown up with vinegar and Dr. Bronner’s Sal Suds and Castile Soap. All of these say, “Clean!” to him.
