Notes On The Rapaport Fair Trade Conference: June 2, 2008
In what has now become an annual event, the Rapaport Fair Trade Conference took place at the JCK Trade Show on June 2nd , 2008. I have been to each of Martin Rapaport’s meetings.
I felt a strong sense of community, camaraderie and mutual support among the participants and the audiences. Usually in fair trade movements within industries, it is the NGOs that develop principals and standards. In this case, it is activists in the jewelry sector that are spearheading this change while the fair trade labeling organizations remain in the background.
