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"I think as Americans we go and we buy a lot of things but we never stop to think about who made the product or what's their life like, what are their working conditions like, how much are they paid for a product?" [Maurine McTyre-Watts] pointed out. "And what fair trade tries to do is help people become conscious about that."
One group she works with is Hope for Women, based in Burlington and started by Evan Goldsmith in 2004. Goldsmith explained that fair trade in the United States is akin to organic 15 years ago. "It took organic awhile to go from this thing that was perceived as, hey that's what hippies do, to now where it's totally mainstream," Goldsmith said. "And yes, you do it because it's healthy and that's why organic is so popular and I think fair trade is going to get there quickly."See the full content of this document
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