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Okay … I’m going to put a restriction on my view that a “Fair Trade” initiative is good.
Namely, I support only a CANADIAN Fair Trade initiative — not one that is “North American”.
Why the difference. Two main reasons:
1. My concern & focus on my own country’s farmers AND, even more importantly, food security/sustainability.
2. Criteria for organic certification is being lowered in the U.S. – in part by the entrance of Wal-Mart & similar into the market.
A Canadian-based certification program – even though it likely would borrow heavily from ‘best practices’ of other countries – is another critical component to ensuring our own food security/sustainability.
Cheers
J.