My five year old son Charley asked my husband the other day, "Dad, how can we shut down sweat shops in China?"
Here's one good answer that I'd like to share: If shop you must, shop local.
A local farm stand is a particularly good place to start!
And here are links to a few good places where you can also shop locally:
Christmas at the Creamery, Bovina (hosted by Mapleshade Farm, Delhi) http://www.mapleshadefarmny.com/
Occupy Main Street -- a campaign of the M-ARK Project to encourage people to shop locally.
http://markproject.org/occupy-main-street-this-holiday-season/
