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Ivan
Katzman introduced Chuck
Scott.
Chuck
is a retired employee of
IBM. He is a member of
Kiwanis, and involved with
St. Paul’s United church. He
has been involved in Fair
Trade for the last 4 years.
Chuck
Scott provided an overview
of the fair trade; The
intent is to provide
increased support to
production in the 3rd
world. It puts people and
partnerships at the
forefront.
The principles of fair trade
include:
 -fair
prices to producers
-buying
directly from producers-pay
in advance of up to 50% to
allow producers to buy
seeds, tools and materials
-promotes environmental
concerns in production
-shares
profits with producers
-works
with democratic
organizations like co-ops
that promote self-help
groups
Chuck
Scott’s phone number is
519-352-0464 or
csott@ciaccess.com if
anyone is interested in
further information.
Chuck
also brought a display of
coffee, tea, and chocolate
bars available for purchase.
Jim
Nash thanked our guest
speaker and presented a book
on Fair Trade to be donated
in his name to the library.
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