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Organic, free-range, fairtrade or vegan: how ethical consumption got so selective

  • Written by Michal Carrington, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Melbourne

Are you an organic shopper? Into fairtrade? A greenhouse gas warrior? All about free-range and animal welfare?

Even if you said yes to all the above, the chances are that, when you shop, only a few products that meet these ethical concerns actually make it into your basket.

Generally, we all have the blinkers on when shopping with our ethics. We...

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