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Although I don’t do it perfectly by any measure, one of our family’s growing priorities is buying fair trade products that we know support individuals around the world in a healthy, sustainable way.

(Yes, we still have mass produced plastic toys and I’m just beginning my search for fair trade chocolate and coffee, but we’re taking baby steps toward better choices.)

For that reason, I am always on the look out for fair trade shops online and in our backyard, and I’m excited to have discovered another one in Lil’soak + Friends, which curates and designs stylish products through small artisan groups around the world!

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Fair Trade Products and Companies

October 4, 2010
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A couple of weeks ago, I shared the definitions of some common “green” terms, and I mentioned that fair trade is the one that my family considers the most important to pursue, although we’re still learning what exactly that means and where to find those products. As we head into the Christmas shopping season, I [...]

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