Fairville, Canada

Labour-conscious foodies move onto new turf as fair trade campaigns are adopted by entire cities

For
a while there, it looked like fair trade might join the casualty list
of alternative social movements reduced to a market niche.

But the grassroots are back in full swing, thanks to “fair trade
towns,” an idea that’s been sweeping through Europe since 2001 and just
crossed the ocean to Canada in 2007, landing first in Wolfville, Nova
Scotia, and La Pêche, Quebec.

Read the article from NOW Toronto…


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