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What Does Fair Trade Certified Mean?

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006

Fair Trade is an approach to sustainable farming and development that aids family farmers in developing countries gain direct access to international markets. Fair Trade also helps these farmers develop the business capacity necessary to compete in the modern global marketplace. Some of the ways that Fair Trade helps farmers include: Help smallholder farmers gain [...]

Are Genetically Modified Foods Healthy?

Monday, July 31st, 2006

A Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) or Genetically Engineered (GE) organism is a plant, animal, or microorganism whose genetic material has been altered using recombinant DNA technology (rDNA). rDNA is a technique used in genetics that creates an artificial DNA sequence from the combination of two other DNA sequences. The general belief is that GMOs will [...]