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LOTW: www.maketradefair.com
This Link Of The Week (LOTW) is about a growing, international movement which ensures that producers in poor countries get a fair deal. Many of the world's biggest stars have been dumped on in support of "The Big Noise" campagne.
Antonio Banderas, actor: 5 million farmers and their families are facing ruin because the US governments subsidises its corn farmers to over-produce and dump the surplus at rock-bottom prices in Mexico. 
Jamelia, singer: Over 1 billion people, most of them farmers and farm workers, live on $1 or less a day. 
Colin Firth, actor: 25 million growers face ruin because they don't get a decent price for their coffee, yet some of the world's biggest coffee companies continue to make big profits. Link: www.maketradefair.com Why: "Before you've finished your breakfast this morning, you'll have relied on half the world." - Martin Luther King. |
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posted by BlogFonk: Thursday, February 03, 2005 [#]