Be on the cutting edge of what is PC.. FAIR TRADE. Here is a lightly worn blue T-Shirt that is a size MEDIUM. On the front of the T-Shirt the FAIR TRADE CERTIFIED LOGO in a red heart and in black ink it reads: I (heart) Fair Trade. A little puckering on the heart.

The shirt measures just over 21 inches across the chest measured under the arms and from the back of the neck band to the bottom hem is 27 inches. The shirt has no holes or stains and just shows some wear. Neck tag says it is a MEDIUM and it a Fair Trade Zone Worker Owned Cooperative.

And so you know... Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach that aims to help producers in developing countries and promote sustainability. The movement advocates the payment of a higher price to producers as well as social and environmental standards in areas related to the production of a wide variety of goods. It focuses in particular on exports from developing countries to developed countries, most notably handicrafts, coffee, cocoa, sugar, tea, bananas, honey, cotton, wine, fresh fruit, chocolate and flowers.

Fair trade's strategic intent is to work with marginalized producers and workers in order to help them move towards economic self-sufficiency and stability. It also aims to allow them to become greater stakeholders in their own organizations, as well as play a wider role in international trade. Fair trade proponents include a number of international development aid, social, religious and environmental organizations such as Christian Aid, SERRV International, Oxfam, Amnesty International, Catholic Relief Services, and Caritas International.

In 2008, Fair trade certified sales amounted to approximately US $4.08 billion (€2.9 billion) worldwide, a 22% year-to-year increase. While this represents a tiny fraction of world trade in physical merchandise, fair trade products generally account for 1-20% of all sales in their product categories in Europe and North America.

In June 2008, it was estimated that over 7.5 million producers and their families were benefiting from fair trade funded infrastructure, technical assistance and community development projects.