Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index This is a new page started by Sanjay Bhargava, a Reuters Digital Vision fellow at Stanford University, sbh@stanford.edu. Sanjay is a newcomer to wiki. This grassroots movement could help create demand for community friendly products and save communities around the world in a manner similar to the eco friendly movement's attempt to save the environment. Currently about 70% of the retail price paid for home furnishings is retained by retailers and 30% goes to producers. The SuVyapar (Sanskrit for Good Trade) prototype developed at Stanford University shows that it is possible to reverse this and have 70% go to the producers. Some people call this "fair trade on steroids" and say that it has the potential of answering the objections of opponents of fair trade. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.