Talk:Fair trade: Difference between revisions
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:You can't seriously tell us that these labels are used by anybody?!?? We can't make them up ourselves, as they are meaningless, and bad grammar besides. Stick to labels actually defined by [[FLO]] please. | :You can't seriously tell us that these labels are used by anybody?!?? We can't make them up ourselves, as they are meaningless, and bad grammar besides. Stick to labels actually defined by [[FLO]] please. | ||
::We are planning to implement these since many products are processed way beyond just [[Cocoa]], [[Sugar]], [[Coffee]], [[Tea]] etc. | |||
:::Actually cocoa is very processed, much more than coffee or tea or sugar. In fact sugar is almost always consumed with cocoa, so... you have to start with the beans... | |||
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At least [[safe trade]] has a reasonable definition thanks to [[Greenpeace]]. If fair trade is defined so badly, perhaps we should just forget about it in our [[standard label]] scheme. | At least [[safe trade]] has a reasonable definition thanks to [[Greenpeace]]. If fair trade is defined so badly, perhaps we should just forget about it in our [[standard label]] scheme. | ||
:Nope --[[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 13:57, 3 May 2004 (EEST) | |||
::Then you have to offer a genuine test as to what is and is not [[fair trade]], that is, list the specific tests/labels. If you can't do this, you can't affect the [[Consumerium buying signal]]. Hand-waving doesn't count. | |||