After a rendezvous with the dog sitter, and a last dinner of wilted salad, we set our phone alarms, hoping there would be enough charge to get us up in time.

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James modeled Fair Trade Sports on Newman's Own, the salad dressing and popcorn company set up by the late Paul Newman: Fair Trade is a for-profit enterprise but pledges to give away all its aftertax profits to charity.

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Aboard the boat was a cloth-covered picnic table set with handmade clay dishes and mugs, holding corn chips and homemade guacamole, a salad prepared with freshly picked chinampa produce, such as white onion and tomatoes, and served with two types of ranchero cheese, as well as plates of Oaxaca-style tamales filled with mushroom and guajillo chilli sauce.

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