Frequent visitors (assuming there are any) will notice that I haven't updated this blog much over the last several months. There are a series of reasons for this -- I have two part-time jobs, I'm moonighting as a translator, I've joined a band, and I'm building a media consortium to put on multipartisan political debates. Also, my girlfriend and I are about to go visit Venezuela.

However, October is fair-trade month, and I can't let that slide. My friends at Just Coffee are putting on "Deep Fair Trade Month," which represents the cutting edge of what fair trade can and should be. At the end of the month, they are bringing a prepresentative of La FEM up to Madison, and I will be her interpreter.

TransFair USA is also holding some special events for Fair Trade month. Their press release is attached.

It doesn't look like I'll be updating this blog a lot. I will, however, post things from time to time. Also, I'm always available on email if you have news to share with others interested in fair trade. And don't worry, I'm still still promoting fair trade actively in other ways. I hope you are, too.