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I am always in search of a good bargain. When entering into a clothes store to shop, I don’t even glance at the displays in the front; instead, I make a beeline to the back of the store where the bright orange “clearance” signs exist. There’s nothing better than finding a shirt that was originally priced at $35 and is now marked at $5. I mean, you don’t even have to like it for that price, right? My bargain-hunting skills also transfer to grocery shopping. While at the superma …

October is fair trade month. Fair Trade. You've heard it before... The expensive coffee, the special chocolate that only some stores carry and that flowy skirt your hipster cousin was wearing the last time you saw her. But what does fair trade actually mean and what can you do about it?  It's more than charity. It's more than buying an expensive item. It's justice. The alpaca farmer, the knitter, the potter or the flute maker. Every fair trade purchase helps another person earn a fair wage …