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Are You Sure That Slaves Didn't Pick the Produce That Fills Your Fridge?

Vanessa Barrington, EcoSalon. September 23, 2009.

If you think buying organic, locally-raised food from the farmers' market means that the workers who harvested your food were treated fairly, it’s not necessarily a given.

Remittances to the Rescue?

Alissa Thuotte, Dollars and Sense. June 26, 2008.

Remittances decrease poverty in developing countries, but also makes them vulnerable to shifting political and economic winds abroad.

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