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As a model rooted in development of the human person instead of a financial bottom line, fair trade offers unique approaches to shifting the economy’s current orientation, while still operating with a market environment. It is also an important mechanism for building connections between consumers and producers, along a spectrum of economic justice concerns, such as confronting change.

 

This session will explore: how the fair trade model operates as an alternative to the conventional economic market model; the experiences—both positive and negative-- of fair trade coffee farmer cooperatives; the benefits and limits to the fair trade model along the corporate value chain; a look at current Church writings on economic justice and how those translate into responsible behavior on the part of consumers and businesses. Click here to register your class.

 

 

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