Articles Tagged “fair trade”

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    I want Just F***ing Food

    by Chris Kanthan on Apr 06, 2013 | 101 Comments

    I was at a moderately priced Sushi restaurant a few weeks ago. While I was going through the menu, I saw that they had crab. When the waitress came by, I asked her if it was real crab. She smiled coyly, and informed me, “It is imitation crab.”

    Posted in Business, Healthcare

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    Bananas Over Fair Trade

    by Ralph E. Stone on Jun 06, 2012 | 1 Comment

    Bananas are the most consumed fresh fruit in the U.S., and represents 50 percent of all U.S. fresh fruit imports, a large portion of which are produced in Latin America. The 27 Fair Trade producers supplying bananas to the U.S. market are located in Ecuador, Costa Rica, Perú and in the northwestern Urabá region of Colombia. According to Fair Trade USA’s Product Impact Report, imports of Fair Trade bananas almost doubled from 2008 to 2009, reaching 49 million pounds.

    Posted in Business, Economy, Opinion