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Home | Magazine Articles | Issue 6

Issue 6

fOR A BETTER WORLD: ISSUE 6WHY INDUSTRIAL HEMP?


Issue 6, Spring 2013

In this issue of For A Better World we have included articles on domestic agricultural issues such as the lack of fairness in the farm bill and the movement to grow hemp in the US. These issues may seem a deviation from traditional international fair trade, but to create authentic system change we must connect all of these social justice issues.

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Uses of Industrial hemp chart

Why Industrial Hemp

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Contributing Writer: David Bronner, Adapted and updated from the 2003 Vote Hemp Report The subject of why or whether to […]

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Hemp Seeds

Hemp Can Lead the Way for Domestic Fair Trade in the North

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Contributing Writer: Jason Freeman Hemp provides the unique opportunity to create an innovative value chain which is both socially just […]

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03/06/201307/10/2018 by Contributing Writer Posted in Fair Climate, Fair Food, Issue 6, Voices of Fair TradeTagged Industrial Hemp1 Comment on Hemp Can Lead the Way for Domestic Fair Trade in the North
WTO Out of Agriculture Protest Sign

Food Sovereignty: Why the Rights of Family Farmers Matter

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Contributing Writer: La Vía Campesina Even in today’s high-tech world, almost half of the global population is peasants or, in […]

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Protesting the Farm Bill

Fairness for Small Farmers: A Missing Ingredient in the U.S. Farm Bill

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Contributing Writer: Kari Hamerschlag The federal Farm Bill is the single most important piece of legislation affecting the food you […]

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Trade Policy Reform Corner: Diverse Groups Unite to Oppose Trans-Pacific Partnership

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NAFTA has had negative and often unintended consequences for many people in North America, including farmers, workers and consumers. An […]

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Alternative Trade Organizations and the Fair Trade Movement

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Contributing Writer: Nasser Abufarha “Fair Trade” was originally conceived as a way to address disparities between conditions of small farmers […]

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Yolanda - Maya Traditions - Eight Threads Weaving Cooperative Guatemala

The Long Way Home to Support Intergenerational Cooperatives

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Contributing Writer: Marcelle Renkin Settled in the altiplano of Guatemala with views across four volcanoes, the town of Chuacruz is […]

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World Fair Trade Day 2013

Celebrate with Dedicated Fair Trade Brands and their Fair Trade Small-Scale Producers

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World Fair Trade Day is May 11! Over 700 natural products retailers are expected to participate in Fair World Project’s […]

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