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These are good words to assure the conscious consumer who knows that where we spend our dollars makes a difference to our society and environment. Organic food, clothes, cotton, coffee, tea, baby clothes and other products are grown and produced under strictly regulated international standards.
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When we buy organic, we know we're putting the safest and most healthy products available into and onto our bodies.
We know that organic food and clothes cannot be produced with harmful chemicals or antibiotics.
We know that the animals that were raised to produce the goods we're consuming were done so in as humane and natural an environment as possible. |
There are many reasons to shop for organic and fair trade merchandise. Organic food, cotton and other agriculture use less chemicals, pesticides and resources. It's better for our environment and our health.
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Fair trade merchandise ensures that the persons, families and communities involved in the production of goods and services traded across borders are paid fair and living wages for their work.
Fair trade advocates reject sweatshops. The fair-trade conscious consumer will purchase products that were made in facilities that meet strict international labor standards where workers were treated with dignity and paid a living wage.
Fair trade certification compliance includes a code of conduct for producers, wage requirements, and workplace transparency in which the locations of and conditions in the factories where their products are made are open to international inspectors at any time.
Too many major brands today fail the sweatshop test!
Buy Fair Trade Certified Whenever Possible.
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