When food is grown locally it is easier to know how the food was grown, and if the producer is being treated fairly by the buyer. When food is grown on the other side of the planet, however, making sure the producer is being treated fairly becomes a matter of social responsibility.
Ethical sourcing is an aspect of business that takes a lot of extra effort. Companies do not need to do it. There is generally plenty of everything on the market that can be purchased, and the consumer usually doesn’t know, or even think, about where it came from.
The businesses featured below are different. For them, buying without knowing in not an option. They want to do the most possible good through their businesses. In fact, sometimes they’ve started a business just to employ people, to give a helping hand through commerce and access to American markets.
