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Julie lives in Cambridge, MA and is currently pursuing her MBA in Managing for Sustainability at Marlboro Graduate School in Vermont. She has a background in international development and grassroots organizing and is passionate about equitable wages, labor rights and the global income disparity. Julie is also a new blogger for Just Means and Socialearth. If you can't find Julie in Cambridge, she's probably on the beaches somewhere in South Florida.

Corporate Social Responsibility: "We are different than small producers. If I lost my job, I lost my job.I have no place to go. A small producer has...
Social Enterprise: By the end of 2013, Ben and Jerry's will source 100% fair trade ingredients. This is the big, hairy and audacious g...

Corporate Social Responsibility: Felipe, a banana producer from Colombia who works with both Fairtrade International (FLO) and Fair Trade USA....

Ethical Consumption: My apologies to Fairtrade International for the following mistakes in my recent interview with Caroline Hickson....

Ethical Consumption: "When the dragons started coming in, the label changed. The farmers are also frustrated with the different types of sta...

Ethical Consumption: Note from the author: I hope you've enjoyed this series thus far. Many thanks to those of you who have posted...

Ethical Consumption: "Don't we want to democratize fair trade? Don't we want fair trade to be more than a white, middle-class movement? Don'...

Corporate Social Responsibility: "If fair trade continues to stand on the model of excluding the poorest of poor, excluding the majority of people in pr...

Corporate Social Responsibility: (Please note: This posting critiques the fair trade industry at the close of 2011. As of January 2012, Fair Trade...
Social Enterprise: Part 3 of a multi-series post (Please note: This posting critiques the fair trade industry at the close of 2011. ...

Corporate Social Responsibility: Part 2 of a multi-series post The majority of consumers who consider themselves "ethical shoppers" are most likely to...
Corporate Social Responsibility: Part 1 of a multi-post series. You've learned about the slavery behind food, apparel and well, almost everything you c...