Ethically sourced gems involve developing an entirely new approach to the supply chain that, in principal, is similar to the slow food, organics movement. Just as people want the link between farm to table, those developing a fair trade gemstone product are looking for the mine to market custody chain. Though some gemstones, particularly diamonds,

In this, the third of the three posts, Greg describes the astonishing experience of discovering ruby in Greenland. ~ Marc Choyt, publisher Part of the allure of Greenland’s majestic mountain scenery is its vast richness and beauty. I cannot begin to describe the sense of sheer exhilaration I felt climbing Ruby mountain above the Greenlandic

In this post, the second of four, Greg Valerio, fair trade activist and staff writer, discusses the paradigm shift in Greenland after their independence, and the actual negotiations with the Greenlandic Bureau of Mining and Petroleum. The Greenlandic Bureau of Mining and Petroleum was so ignorant of small scale Inuit ruby mining that they assumed