Fair Trade: A Closeup Look at Where Fair Trade Started. No one really knows the exact date the fair trade movement began, but most agree the groundwork was laid by a woman named Edna Ruth Byler. In 1946, Edna began importing needlecrafts from low income women in South America. She called her organization the Mennonite Central Committee. Three years later, SERRV International was…

Over 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 a day! That is almost half the world population! One might think to give charity might help solve our global issue, but all that really does is prolong the problem! That doesn’t mean charity isn’t appreciated, or even needed sometimes because it can help, but there is another way: financial independence and sustainability. Creating jobs…