Jan 14, 2013
Local Stores Hope to Make ‘Positive Change in the World’ by Selling Fair TradeBy Emily MulliganLJWorld.com

Lawrence, MA – “Made in India.” “Produced in Pakistan.”

Americans’ closets and homes are filled with objects bearing similar labels, while news programs proliferate with stories like the massive fire at a Bangladeshi textile factory and suicides at a Chinese electronics factory.

Isn’t there any other way to produce the goods Americans want?

A couple of local businesses see two words as at least part of the solution: fair trade.

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