to eat other pests that are harmful to boxes holding a liquid that attracts and traps pesky insects are placed around the perimeters some farms also use vacuum- cleaner-like machines that suck up ogy teams that produce beneficial fungi which are applied to the soil to fight others use rainwater reservoirs or water desalination plants to help with water crops through drip irrigation systems or micro sprinklers instead of traditional the water is carried away by wind or lost to evaporation edgar pinto how fair trade works fair trade usa focuses on empower- ing farmworkers and training farm management to collaborate to solve issues through the implementation of environmental protections the business of changing hearts and ter of showing why people need to make ronment and the people better is actually good business." there are 170 fair trade certified producers and producer groups world- wide that sell produce and floral items fair trade certified produce is used to address the needs of workers and their income and community development workers evaluates the community's needs and is empowered to design implement and administer projects approved by their peers "the responsibility is shared," says produce and floral at fair trade usa "the business owns the certification continued on page 36
