Fair Trade

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Fixing Fashion Remaking the Way We Make, Market, and Buy Our Clothes New Society Publishers	With sales of more than US $500 billion a year, the fashion industry is one of the most important sectors of the global economy, employing millions of men, women, and often children in the …	Michael Lavergne	242	2015	View
NEW! Growing and Eating Sustainably Agroecology in Action Fernwood Publishing	Growing and Eating Sustainably shines light on the process of agroecological transition by showcasing the experiences of growers and eaters in southern Brazil, a country where agrarian movements …	Dana James	137	2021	View
The Fair Trade Handbook Building a Better World, Together Fernwood Publishing	Framed within the common goal of advancing trade justice and South-North solidarity, The Fair Trade Handbook presents a broad interpretation of fair trade and a wide-ranging dialogue between …	Gavin Fridell; Sean McHugh; Zack Gross	240	2021	View
From Foreword From: Fixing Fashion View New Society Publishers	The foreword begins with a short history of the textile industry in the UK before looking to the ways the textile industry is still exploiting people, especially children around the world, …	Carry Somers	3	2015	$0.30 Add
From NEW! Preface, Forward From: Growing and Eating Sustainably View Fernwood Publishing	The preface maintains this book is for people who want to learn about agroecology — about the concepts, themes, key writings, and grassroots struggles from which it has emerged to become an …	Dana James	4	2021	$0.40 Add
From Why Write a Book on Fair Trade? From: The Fair Trade Handbook View Fernwood Publishing	In the introductory chapter, the editors describe the genesis of the book, its goals, and its structure.	Gavin Fridell; Sean McHugh; Zach Gross	7	2021	$0.70 Add
From A Lively Bean that Brightens Lives From: The Fair Trade Handbook View Fernwood Publishing	This illustrated chapter tells the story of Ethiopian coffee in comicbook form.	Bill Barrett and Curt Shoultz	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Introducing Agroecology and Food Systems Transitions From: Growing and Eating Sustainably View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter outlines the critical food supply issues associated with Covid-19 that made headlines daily across the globe and highlighted the vulnerabilities of the modern food system. The …	Dana James	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From Introduction From: Fixing Fashion View New Society Publishers	The introduction begins with a look at the author’s early career in the fashion industry, particularly, the international sourcing of Hanes brand clothing. The author introduces some key …	Michael Lavergne	10	2015	$1.00 Add
From Colonialism How Unfair Trade Changed the World From: The Fair Trade Handbook View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter provides a short history of colonialism, and describes how the economic benefits of colonialism flowed from the colonized to the colonizers, especially through a process of resource …	A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi	10	2021	$1.00 Add
From Manchester to Mumbai From: Fixing Fashion View New Society Publishers	In Manchester to Mumbai, the author explains his path to the fashion industry before delving into the following topics: the roots of global trade; labor, guilds and slavery; the India trade and …	Michael Lavergne	22	2015	$2.20 Add
From NEW! The Industrial Food System: Contradictions and Crises From: Growing and Eating Sustainably View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter looks at the industrial food system — its origins and the problems it generates — which casts yet more doubt on the conventional wisdom that industrial agriculture is the …	Dana James	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From To Make and Market From: Fixing Fashion View New Society Publishers	In To Make and Market, the author explains the clothing production and marketing processes through his experiences. He covers the following topics: structuring of large corporations such as Sara …	Michael Lavergne	41	2015	$4.10 Add
From Trade Is Not Gender Neutral From: The Fair Trade Handbook View Fernwood Publishing	In this chapter, the authors describe the ways in which inequality is related to the uneven ways in which women and men are incorporated into the global economy. Some trade can place women-run …	Laura Macdonald and Nadia Ibrahim	10	2021	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Where Does Agroecological Food Come From From: Growing and Eating Sustainably View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter begins by considering food produced by the industrial food system that has been called “food from nowhere". In contrast, agroecological food comes from …	Dana James	38	2021	$3.80 Add
From Alphabet Soup From: Fixing Fashion View New Society Publishers	In Alphabet Soup, the author begins to examine his process of engaging with the darkers aspects of the global fashion industry, such as child labor, global trade agreements and their impacts, …	Michael Lavergne	36	2015	$3.60 Add