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National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

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Fairfield County's Grace Farms Fights Slavery in Building Materials Supply Chain Fairfield County's Grace Farms Fights Slavery in Building Materials Supply Chain
Fairfield County's Grace Farms Fights Slavery in Building Materials Supply Chain A Fairfield County-based initiative is working to wipe out modern-day slavery from the building industry. Supply chain slavery is not a foreign problem. It may seem "out of our sight and reach, happening thousands of miles away," but homes and buildings everywhere, even in Fairfield County could have slave made materials, according to Sharon Prince, president and founder of Grace Farms Foundation in New Canaan. The Foundation announced its initiative in September to raise awareness of the use of forced labor in the manufacture of building products, by forming The Architecture + Construction…

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by Donna Christopher