-| Peggy Ussery, a journalist for the Dothan Eagle, a newspaper in Alabama, wrote a recent article about a fair trade store which featured several fair trade products. She included jewelry as one of the store’s third party fair trade certified products. I emailed her, stating that there is no such thing as third party

Washington, D.C. – The Madison Dialogue Ethical Jewelry Summit, held Oct. 25-26 at the World Bank, convened to discuss ethical jewelry and small-scale mining issues, with representatives from artisanal and small-scale mines (ASM) and their communities around the world. Attending the summit were also representatives of governments, donors, certifying organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and large

In March, 2007, I traveled to Turkey, where I attended the Istanbul Jewelry Show. There I met a diamond dealer, the president of a large firm with a large booth. He was the brother of a personal friend and had been in the diamond industry for many years. His primary business was the Russian market,