Unfair trade: the food chain
Posted November 5th, 2008 by greenavi
I recently came across many different stories and campaigns about different practices of Un-Fairtrade. Click on the following links for examples of this. Friends of the Earth: Real Foods Read about the effects of big businesses and the global market on the farmers being forced to sell their produce at unfairly low prices. World Development Movement: Trade Campaign Learn about some of the un-fair trading rules and regulations Environmental Health Perspective: Unfair Trade - e-waste in Africa Read about the dangerous problem of e-waste in Nigeria Pick a fight: China Trade Learn of the unfair trading practices in China and the effect this has Banana Link: The Banana Trade See how trading rules and un-fair standards are present in the banana trade War on Want: Supermarkets & Sweatshops Read about the effect of Supermarkets and their control on the gobal market. There are also links to many of their campaigns againt un-fair trade!
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