You can totally do it now! It'll be easy now while your on your fast. And after it probably won't be hard to make the switch. Let me know if your interested.

If your looking for local options I would try a local co-op. But you can also ask at your major grocery store, they might carry one or two products that are fair trade, and if they don't there's a chance they easily could if a customer asked. 
But, if you want to order online, there are tons of options. A quick google search will find plenty, but here's one I've ordered from:
http://www.equalexchange.coop/chocolate-bars

:) Hello anonymous guest. I'm more then happy to have a conversation. I'm also surprised you see me as a "typical liberal", not honored, you probably just don't know me.
My guess is that you did a google search of blogs with the word race mentioned in a post and then left a form comment with your link to your video in it. That isn't a "conversation" that is called spam. 
I did start watching your video and found it quite interesting. If you would like to have an actual conversation about this topic or any other, then I would appreciate you leaving a relevant comment to the post above (or any other post on the site), dialog about the topic. If you would like me to view your video, then send me an email ariahfine at gmail.

Thanks :)

Always brilliant Karma.
There are so many things that consume people's energy other then addressing the real problems.

I agree, there are different things for different people. I personally am not in circles where I here a ton of talk about American Idol, but I'm well aware it consumes many people's time, much the same as professional sports do for others.

Sabbath. Good call.

True true. I'd be careful to assume all the other commenter's here come from a similar worldview, particularly as it relates to faith. I agree with your desire not to offend, and I can see how some comes across as judgmental. I'd also say that much of Christianity, as polite and kindly as it is sometimes conveyed, is hugely judgmental and offensive to those looking in from the outside.

Silent,
Thanks for being a frequent recent commenter on the blog. I appreciate your thoughts. I'm not sure where the "does everything need to be a giant issue" comment comes out of, if your referring to previous things I've written, it would help if you were more specific.
You'll find I do raise questions about things you might consider "minor" on this blog. It's my place and space to think critically about every aspect of my life and lifestyle and raise questions, dialog with others and challenge my assumptions. If my original post or the comments I've posted come across as "Pharisaical" or if you think I'm some how implying we are discussing what is "sinful" or not, then I apologize. That is not my intent. I'm the last person that is going to point out what is and is not "sin".

You are right, many things are not necessarily good or bad in themselves, that in this "fallen world" you'll have negatives, but none of that will stop me from raising questions and pondering how I live.

Good points Goose.
You know, not paying much attention to sports, and then being in Viking land, I missed all the coverage of the Saints, and hadn't really thought about it's rise from the impact of Katrina. Reminds me of all those feel good sports movies (cheesy but I always enjoy them).
And I totally agree, globally, soccer and particularly the World Cup (similar to the Olympics in playing by country).
At the same time, with many of these things, I still wonder if the good outweighs the bad. If the unifying under a sports team is the best way to unify. Whether the nationalism that comes with the Olympics or World Cup is healthy. The money we spend, etc. I don't know, I just still wonder.

Good point.
Let me know what else you learn from the book, I'm curious what new perspectives and insight it lends you.

Tara,
Thanks for chiming in! I did actually publish this over a year ago in Geez Magazine, and included a little "Afterward". I posted it on my blog for those not subscribed to the magazine:
http://tryingtofollow.com/2008/12/18/published-in...

But that's a fairly brief summary. And since then we adopted our son and now have two crazy toddlers to contend with. So, I should maybe write more.
Did you have specific questions in mind? What specifically are you curious about? We haven't figured it out, but I'm happy to share what we are doing...