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David Funkhouser - TransFair’s Work in Fair Trade
David Funkhouser - TransFair’s Work in Fair Trade
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Aug 4, 2008
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Coffee price fluctuations over past decades have created extreme financial crises and long-term poverty for thousands of small-scale Latin American farmers. In this Stanford Center for Social Innovation sponsored audio lecture, David Funkhouser of TransFair USA, details how the Fair Trade movement arose as a market-based approach to poverty alleviation and international development. He discusses Fair Trade's function to offer suppliers fair, above-market prices, and TransFair's role in supporting that movement. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/david_funkhouser_-_transfairs_work_in_fair_trade
Released:
Aug 4, 2008
Format:
Podcast episode
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