Another Fair Trade Town on the Map
Published November 19, 2008 @ 07:51PM PT
Montclair, NJ. Thanks to my Wikipedia skills, I was able to find out that it is the 50th largest municipality in New Jersey, their current Mayor is Jerry Fried, they have two zip codes and one of their sister cities is Laguna de Perlas, Nicaragua. Thanks to guest blogger Shayna Harris, I was able to find out that Montclair, NJ is officially the 8th Fair Trade Town in the United States.
The last place in the U.S. to be declared a Fair Trade Town is my current stomp
ing grounds, San Francisco (also technically making it the first Fair Trade city in the U.S.) and last month London was declared the Fair Trade Capital of the world. Fair Trade is spreading from city to city across the world with more and more towns and people making commitments to Fair Trade. Way to go Montclair. Is your town next?
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Zarah is the Operations Manager for the Global Exchange Fair Trade Online Store, a project of the international human rights organization, Global Exchange. Alongside her work with marginalized communities from all over the world to get their products into the international market, Zarah serves to educate and inform the public about a more just and sustainable trading system.
