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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;By &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webuyitgreen.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;  promoting green living and fair trade&quot;&gt;WeBuyItGreen:  promoting green living and fair trade&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The factual information below about Little Works was provided by the company itself, a member of Coop America that has been certified by the Fair Trade Federation.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.netsquared.org/blog/webuyitgreen/fair-trade-cards-namibia-and-south-africa&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:32:49 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Juana Cholotio&#039;s Story</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;By &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webuyitgreen.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot; promoting green living and fair trade&quot;&gt;WeBuyItGreen:  promoting green living and fair trade&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is the first in a series at WeBuyItGreen called &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.webuyitgreen.com&quot; title=&quot;Fair Trade Gifts that Change the World&quot;&gt;Fair Trade Gifts that Change the World&lt;/a&gt;, which attempts to show how buying fair trade goods impacts the lives of the individuals who produce them. &lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.netsquared.org/blog/webuyitgreen/juana-cholotios-story&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:11:53 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Fair Trade Benefits the U.S. Too</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;By &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webuyitgreen.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot; promoting green living and fair trade&quot;&gt;WeBuyItGreen:  promoting green living and fair trade&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Buying products that pull producers out of poverty is not only good for the producers. It also benefits the consumer. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.netsquared.org/blog/webuyitgreen/fair-trade-benefits-u-s-too&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 18:43:40 -0400</pubDate>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:18:33 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>TransFair USA Gives a Look Behind the Label, with a Blog</title>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:45:05 -0500</pubDate>
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