Celebrate October "Fair Trade Month" All Year Round

In case you missed the memo, October has been fair trade month. From sweatshops in China to cases of modern slavery around the world, in the sugarcane fields of Haiti, the shrimp industry of Thailand, plantations of everything from coffee to pineapple, there are endless reasons for us, as consumers, to rethink how we value the products so integral to our lives: is it worth a few extra cents per cup to know that our coffee was produced by someone who can earn enough money to go home and feed their families—and send their kids to school, rather than have them work in the fields?