{"id":26013,"date":"2011-12-09T11:20:14","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T18:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=26013"},"modified":"2011-12-09T11:20:14","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T18:20:14","slug":"fair-trade-products-offer-conscious-consumers-an-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2011\/12\/09\/fair-trade-products-offer-conscious-consumers-an-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair Trade Products Offer Conscious Consumers An Alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=100% src=\"\/home\/graphics\/joan_harper.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>For about two decades now, there has been a growing movement to certify goods made in developing countries in sustainable conditions that are favorable to workers and the environment, called Fair Trade. A local network of Fair Trade producers and distributors, called Fair Trade LA, or FTLA, offers conscious shoppers progressive alternatives to commercial retail. <\/p>\n<p>On Saturday December 10th 2011, several FTLA vendors will be selling their wares at the 6th Annual Fair Trade and Conscious Gifts Holiday Bazaar from 11 am to 4 pm at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 Wilshire Blvd, LA CA 90005 in the Geneva Room. <\/p>\n<p>On December 9, 2011, Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar spoke with Joan Harper, coordinator of Fair Trade LA about the Fair Trade movement. <\/p>\n<p>Watch a video of the interview: <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"477\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zpGW2xx89Aw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afghanwomensmission.org\">www.afghanwomensmission.org<\/a> for information about the Holiday Bazaar. <\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairtradela.org\">www.fairtradela.org<\/a> for information about Fair Trade LA. <\/p>\n<p>Martina Steiner recorded this interview. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=100% src=\"\/home\/graphics\/joan_harper.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>For about two decades now, there has been a growing movement to certify goods made in developing countries in sustainable conditions that are favorable to workers and the environment, called Fair Trade. A local network of Fair Trade producers and distributors, called Fair Trade LA, or FTLA, offers conscious shoppers progressive alternatives to commercial retail. <\/p>\n<p>On Saturday December 10th 2011, several FTLA vendors will be selling their wares at the 6th Annual Fair Trade and Conscious Gifts Holiday Bazaar from 11 am to 4 pm at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 Wilshire Blvd, LA CA 90005 in the Geneva Room. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}