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Fair Trade, Firsthand
Connecting Northern Consumers with Southern Producers
From: The Fair Trade Handbook
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In this chapter, the author describes the positive impact of "fair trade origin trips," which allow participants to hear firsthand the stories of transformation and change that have come through fair trade trading relationships.
Contributors
Jennifer Williams
Jennifer Williams has, for over 20 years, been focused on how business can be an instrument to create a kind, just and sustainable world. Jennifer worked in microcredit in Northern Ghana and with women entrepreneurs in Ottawa, and she was instrumental in the growth of a worker-owned business that pioneered fair trade in Canada. Jennifer is a trusted advisor to companies that have sustainability in their DNA and co-owns an organic and local home delivery business that is focused on sustainability. Her four children keep her focused on why creating a more sustainable future is so important.
