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OPIRG’s Annual Fair Trade Fest

McMaster University Student Centre Marketplace/Atrium

07/11/2018, 10:00 am - TO 07/11/2018 - 5:00 pm

Organizer: Ontario Public Interest Research Group McMaster

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Featuring Fair Trade Vendors and Local Artisans
Also, join us for our Fair Trade Café: Exploring the spiritual, ecological, and geo-political story of chocolate with Michael Sacco of ChocoSol Traders.
Free. Everyone Welcome. Taste testing encouraged.
12:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. in MUSC 230.
For more info: opirg@mcmaster.ca, 905-525-9140 ext. 27289

Some of the vendors who will be joining us this year include:

Kibo Natural Body Care Products

Moya Fair Trade and Organic Shea Butter

Bee My Honey – honey and beeswax candles

White Lichen Tote Bags made from recycled materials

Ten Thousand Villages

Cottage Botanicals Apothecary and Herb Farm – organic/herbal teas

ChocoSol – horizontally traded chocolate and coffee

Gugu Gogos – fair trade baskets from Ghana in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation

Artesano Canada – Mexican enamelware and ‘sugar’ skulls, supporting Mexican artisans through fair trade practices

Atzin – hand woven baskets supporting initiatives for Indigenous women and children in Mexico

Norton Creations – handmade jewellery

Plus more! Also, fair trade sampling throughout the day.