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Fair-trade practices : Annapolis businesses offering more socially conscious goods

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 12/12/06

The daughter of a reiki master who ran a country inn, Carleen Birnes never considered herself part of mainstream culture.

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By Paul W. Gillespie--The Capital (Above) Inside Bead Bungalow on Annapolis Street, storer co-owner Carleen Birnes talks to shoppers Leigh Spatafore and her sister Skyler Spatafore about fair-trade goods. (Below) These bamboo bowls are considered fair-trade goods because they are sold by companies that ensure that the artisans who make them are given fair wages and good employment opportunities.
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As a teenager, she visited a homeopathic doctor for checkups, exercised with morning yoga and ate organic foods. Her lifestyle is trendy by today's standards, so it's no surprise that the 33-year-old Severna Park resident is now at the forefront of another local and national movement: fair trade.

Fair-trade items are distributed by companies that ensure producers in Third World countries are paid well, have good hours, and an opportunity for advancement - no sweatshops allowed.

At Ms. Birnes' store,...

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