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...also reflects the growing muscle of the corporate-accountability movement. From dolphin-free tuna, to old-growth-free lumber, to child-labor-free carpets and sweatshop-free sneakers, environmental and social concerns are invading the marketplace as never before. Coffee, the world's second most heavily traded commodity after oil, is the first foodstuff to be independently certified for the U.S. market based on criteria of economic justice. "Our vision is nothing less than restructuring the inequities between North and South," says Paul Rice, head of TransFair USA, the certifying group...