The first annual Fair Trade Fair was fun and yummy!

Yum tamales from Mama’s Hot Tamales, spunky jewelry from Ten Thousand Villages, and free choco samples courtesy of Fair Trade LA :)

I got there around 10:30 am, and stayed around till things closed down at 2 pm. And I met a lot of really interesting people!

What really amazed me is the strength of will of the people who really want to get in on the fair trade and fair labor movements.

I met one couple who drove a long ways to get to the event — they found out about it by going to Responsible Shopper, researching sweatshop free clothes, clicking on No Sweat, which led them to a lil blurb about the Fair Trade Fair. That’s what I call serious dedication –

So I’m determined to try and make it easier for people — at least the people who make it to the Fair Trade LA events. Some ideas:

• Make a shortlist of places where peeps can find fair trade stuff locally avaliable.
• Get more “I shop fair trade” bags from Co-op America, cuz we’ve run out.
• Connect with more orgs in the LA area working on similar issues.

Thanks to everyone who came out. If you didn’t make it this time, make sure you’re on the Fair Trade LA email list so you don’t miss out on future events –

And if you’ve got suggestions, lemme know :)

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