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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 …