Goodharveydog

Companies that I can buy from or wear!

2012-03-01T11:22:00.000-07:00

So I have been on this Fair trade kick for awhile-I really want to find clothing that I can wear and or support. Problem is there is really no such thing as a Fair Trade suit-Almost all men's work clothing is not Fair Trade, I find some shirts here and there but no decent pants-let me rephrase that-there are no real affordable church or work pants that are classified as Fair Trade. There are a quite a few companies here in the US that make and sell good stuff-usually if you find something that is Union Made, it is made some ethical standards.
There are a few companies that have their own sets of ethics and I can live within those rules-the companies I have researched and found to be very ethical are:
1. Levi-yeah! I can wear jeans and Dockers.
2. Wrangler-they are concerned about their oversea workers and have some standards in place.

Companies in the middle
1. Apple-they are trying to make it better and still feed the hunger for Apple products

companies that are not good are
1. D & C-it "simply does not interest them"
2. Dickies- surprise surprise
3.Nike and everything they own

this list is a work in progress-feel free to ask about a company and I will try to find out if they followe ethical procedures or are fair Trade.

iPad maker Foxconn lifts China workers pay again | Reuters | Digg Technology

2012-02-17T22:40:00.000-07:00

Is this considered a significant step?

iPad maker Foxconn lifts China workers pay again | Reuters | Digg Technology

This is what Apple says

2012-02-14T21:15:00.000-07:00

Do you think that Apple is doing enough to improve labor conditions?

Tim Cook: Apple Does More than Any Company To Improve Labor Conditions

Apple launches Fair Labor inspections of Foxconn | Digg Apple

2012-02-13T20:44:00.000-07:00

Apple launches Fair Labor inspections of Foxconn | Digg Apple

Fair Labor Association Investigates Apple's Chinese Manufacturing Partners

2012-02-13T20:34:00.000-07:00

Fair Labor Association Investigates Apple's Chinese Manufacturing Partners

ScholarTees: T-Shirts that fund student loans in developing nations.

2012-02-13T20:25:00.000-07:00

This is a great idea!
You spend $20 on a t-shirt and you eventually get half the money back because technically the purchase is a loan to an aspiring third world student. You get cool clothes and you can help someone with a minimal investment.

ScholarTees: T-Shirts that fund student loans in developing nations.

21 Celebrities and Companies Who Love Slave Labor | Digg Business

2012-02-10T20:57:00.000-07:00

21 Celebrities and Companies Who Love Slave Labor | Digg Business

Apple's response

2012-01-28T21:06:00.000-07:00

it is not just Apple

Tim Cook responds to claims of factory worker mistreatment: “We care about every worker in our supply chain” | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligence

Apple’s iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China - NYTimes.com

2012-01-26T21:28:00.000-07:00

Although Apple is trying to become Fair Trade certified they have a very long way to go-I want to hear from you-Why don' t people care more about where their products are made??

Apple’s iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China - NYTimes.com

Fair Trade USA reveals new certification and labeling policy to better distinguish products

2012-01-23T16:42:00.000-07:00

Interesting changes

Fair Trade USA reveals new certification and labeling policy to better distinguish products

Analysis: Here's How Apple Could Become The First Fair Trade Tech Company - SVW

2012-01-20T08:25:00.000-07:00

Analysis: Here's How Apple Could Become The First Fair Trade Tech Company - SVW
What do you think? Can Apple become a Fair Trade Tech Company

Syracuse Business Summit 1/19/12

2012-01-18T11:02:00.001-07:00

Tomorrow nite, at the Syracuse City hall will be a Syracuse Business Summit. All Syracuseans are invited. All Business men and women should plan on attending and being a part of your future. It will begin around 6 PM and go until approximately 7:30 or so. There will be four speakers, Jamie Nagle (Syracuse Mayor), Craig Henderson (RC Willeys Operations manager), Jim Smith (Davis County Chamber of Commerce president) and Michelle Thompson (Executive Director of Local Utah First).

Following the speakers there will be light refreshments. If you are worried about the future of Syracuse and/or business growth this should be a must attend! thank you

Teresa's Custom Creations

2012-01-18T09:37:00.000-07:00

Teresa's Custom Creations

http://woobox.com/uxqxni

15% off all fair Trade items!!

How to help: Slavery in the supply chain – The CNN Freedom Project: Ending Modern-Day Slavery - CNN.com Blogs

2012-01-17T16:37:00.000-07:00

How to help: Slavery in the supply chain – The CNN Freedom Project: Ending Modern-Day Slavery - CNN.com Blogs

another big story on Fair Trade! Do you think your supporting Slavery by buying Non Fair Trade chocolate? let me know in your comments! Personally the best chocolate I have ever eaten is Fair Trade-A friend of mine makes and sells his own chocolate here he imports the Cacao from south America and makes his own-I love his Dark Bars I have been selling them for couple of years at Farmers Markets!

"Think Fair" - Apple becomes the world's first Fair Trade tech company - who's next? | ZDNet

2012-01-17T16:31:00.000-07:00

"Think Fair" - Apple becomes the world's first Fair Trade tech company - who's next? | ZDNet

This is Huge in the Fair Trade world-sounds like Apple still has lots of problems and has an uphill battle to reach Fair Trade certification but they are trying-this should put the whole world on alert!! What do you think? Does it matter to you if your PC/Mac maker abuses it workers> at least by US standards?

Green Monster Spinach Smoothie - Iowa Girl Eats

2012-01-14T17:49:00.000-07:00

Green Monster Spinach Smoothie - Iowa Girl Eats
Could you eat this?

Should I stay or should I go?

2012-01-14T15:56:00.001-07:00

it's always tease tease tease... sorry-love that song-was just wondering if I should keep this blog on google or should I go over to word press-Seriously folks any ideas or suggestions? Gorgeous Day here today in the middle of our slow season. Sleepy Dogs and cats all over the place- 3 of each at the moment.

Child Labor Picking Cotton for Victoria’s Secret Under U.S. Investigation - Bloomberg

2012-01-13T09:52:00.000-07:00

Child Labor Picking Cotton for Victoria’s Secret Under U.S. Investigation - Bloomberg

Interesting-both sides are disputing the story

My Take: How Thomas Jefferson’s secret Bible might have changed history – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs

2012-01-12T21:19:00.000-07:00

My Take: How Thomas Jefferson’s secret Bible might have changed history – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs

My this is interesting-Thomas Jefferson did not believe a lot of the bible? He thought parts of it were authentic and morally true but not the rest-so he actually created his own bible by literally cutting and pasting the parts he believed. A founding Father--cutting up the Bible! Sacre Blue!

Bicycle Coffee Co. pedals fair-trade coffee

2012-01-12T20:41:00.000-07:00

Bicycle Coffee Co. pedals fair-trade coffee

My reply to drug testing for folks on Welfare

2012-01-11T10:51:00.000-07:00

The point I am making is how does this help us be a more Christlike people-it does not it only forces us-hhmmmm who else wanted to force us?
btw it is all God's Money-why are you so concerned about how it is spent by people? is that not their Free agency? Do you wish to remove that from them? All the High Priests in my ward huff and puff about where the world is going and how Mitt is going to save the world from Obama care but not one of them will stop and help someone who needs it-I have heard it said, well that is why we have the Church welfare system-like that is supposed to alleviate our personal responsibility to take care of our fellow man.
You think I don't understand economics or something? Of course it takes taxes to help these people-if you really want to stop contributing to these 'the least of these, my brethren" then move to a third world country. When the 12 disciples saw the blind man, they asked the savior "who sinned here?"-assuming of course if we can see the sin then we can lay blame. Stop looking to lay blame, help those people and start acting like a Mormon and Christians. No wonder people don't think we are Christians-we don't act like our Savior unless it helps our pocketbook?-oh mercy me!

When we do cross the veil and we have a final PPI with our Saviour who ALREADY paid all our taxes-do you really think he is going to ask what we did for a living and if we got enough funding as an entrepreneur? No he is going to ask how we treated our Loved ones and how we treated our fellow man-what are you going to say,,, well I didn't want to help anyone on welfare because I was afraid it was going to make me pay more taxes?? Let what belongs to Caeser belong to Caeser! I am going to stop following this thread now because it is getting my Dander up and that is the realm of Satan so good luck all-I am going to post this on my blog., http://goodharveydog.blogspot.com/

Arghhh

2012-01-09T21:37:00.000-07:00

Extremely frustrated to nite with our ISP- I guess we either need to switch from Ipower or learn HTML. All I am trying to do is add some Pay Pal shopping carts. Ipower tells me that to do that I need to upload the shopping carts via File manager and then just hyper link to them. WHAT?? first of all do I Upload the shopping carts as .docs. or text files or what? and then I can understand how to set up a hyperlink but a link to just a document?? how is the shopping cart going to show up?? I am so confused right now,,, oh and I have talked with at least five different people from Tech support since Saturday and this evenings Mr helper (or I should say Mrs. Helper) finally told me that you cannot publish the HTML code through the cheapass web design program (CM4all) and remember I am paying for what is called the e-commerce version.... any ideas out there people? All I want to do is let people buy stuff from my website...

Real Deal here

2012-01-07T12:02:00.000-07:00

Buy anything Fair Trade from our website www.itsallfairtrade.com for 30% off of listed price. Get a V-Bag for $28 down from $39.95 DEAL DEAL DEAL

jus wondering

2012-01-06T16:27:00.001-07:00

Does anyone read this?

Arguements over meaning of Fair Trade chocolate

2012-01-05T11:50:00.000-07:00

Nothing embodies fair trade quite like a chocolate bar. It's fitting, then, that it's become the reference point in the debate that's threatening to split the fair trade movement.
Fair Trade USA, the country's largest certifier of fair trade products, recently announced certification changes that put it at odds with Fairtrade International, the global standards organization for fair trade, as well as numerous advocacy groups. Both sides share the chocolate example.
“We asked [FTUSA] if the changes to the commercial availability requirement mean a fair trade chocolate bar could be made without fair trade cocoa, and they said technically yes,” explained Ryan Zinn, campaign director with the Fair World Project, a watchdog organization that's part of the Organic Consumers Association. “That's a big problem.”
FTUSA, in response, said it will work with companies once they're certified to transition all their ingredients to fair trade.
“If you're a chocolate bar company that moves to have your cocoa fair trade certified, great, we're with you,” said Stacy Wagner, a spokeswoman for the organization. “But if you can't certify your sugar right now because it makes the chocolate bar go from $1 to $3, then we will work with you to continue to support that cocoa until the sugar becomes commercially available.”
The chocolate meltdown could cool off this month. After the initial outcry from the fair trade community, FTUSA said it would reevaluate the new standards and issue a final ruling on Dec. 1.

by Jeff Wells in Supermarket News Nov. 28, 2011