CBBC Newsround | WORLD | Cocoa deal to boost fair trade chocolate (#)

„The Co-Op supermarket chain has promised to make all its own-brand chocolate completely fair trade. It's struck a deal with cocoa farmers in Ghana in West Africa Farmers in Africa harvest cocoa Campaigners for fair trade say big companies don't pay a fair price for the cocoa beans and keep too much money from the chocolate they sell. Because so many people grow cocoa around the world, the companies can look for ages until they find the lowest price possible. Paying a fair price They are able to offer much less money than the farmer wants for their crops because of the farmer doesn't accept the price on offer, the companies will take their business somewhere else.“

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CBBC Newsround | YOUR REPORTS | My farm helps make Fairtrade chocolate (#)

„Click here to find out how to do it More Info Country profile: Ghana Chat about global issues Win a year's supply of chocolate Write YOUR report! Past Stories Cocoa deal to boost fair trade chocolate Eat 'fairtrade' chocolate, says Cat Deeley Web Links Dubble chocolate Fairtrade Note: You will leave CBBC. We are not responsible for other websites.  “

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Fairtrade | Publications | Fair Comment | Spring 2002 (#)

„A video and education pack is on offer from the British Association for Fair trade Shops (BAFTS) and their fair trade partners in Europe. The 10 minute animated video, "For a Few Pesos More", follows the conventional market journey of coffee, cocoa, bananas and cotton from the farmer to our supermarket shelves and presents the positive fair trade alternative. The video includes a catchy fair trade song. Orders to Jokey Lloyd on 01279 416327.“

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Global Exchange : Global Exchange and USFT Respond to Starbucks’ Fair Trade announcement (#)

„There is more going on during world Fair Trade Week than just the Starbucks announcement. Global Exchange is organizing a National Call in week to M&M/Mars, May 3 - 7, to get the company to buy Fair Trade cocoa beans for their chocolate. On May 8 Global Exchange will host a regional Fair Trade meeting for West Coast Fair Trade activists, while urging shoppers, more than ever, to look for the Fair Trade label and shop Fair Trade from May 3 - 9 and for the rest of the year.“

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TransFair Canada: Chocolate Tasting & Photo Op (#)

„Abel Fernandez, Dominican Republic cocoa farmer cooperative representative will urge more Canadian consumers to buy, and more retailers to carry Fair Trade Certified products at the launch of National Fair Trade Week in Ottawa on Monday. The event is organized by TransFair Canada, which issues licenses for sale of Fair Trade products. It will feature tasting of Fair Trade chocolate, the latest Fair Trade product line to become available in Canada.“

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Fairtrade | News | Press Release (#)

„The British public drink 1.7 million cups of Fairtrade tea, coffee and cocoa each day and eat 1.5 million Fairtrade bananas a week. Sales of Fairtrade foods have more than doubled over the past three years and Fairtrade brands now account for 14% of the total UK roast and ground coffee market. In 2002 the retail value of Fairtrade food sales in the UK reached £63 million.“

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PR Solar Expresso, 1/01 (#)

„CANTON, MA - August 29th, 2002 - Equal Exchange, the nation's leading fair trade coffee company, today introduces America's first hot cocoa mix to carry the fair trade certified label. The label guarantees consumers that the cocoa was produced and sourced in a socially responsible manner. An independent non-profit certifying body, TransFair USA, certifies both the labor conditions and the prices paid to cocoa farmers and authorizes the use of its label on Equal Exchange's hot cocoa mix.“

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Amazon.com: Beauty: Fair Trade Foot Lotion (#)

„It's new, it's gorgeous and it's made with fair trade cocoa butter because we've been able to find a source which can supply us in the quantities we need. You see it's all very well saying that you use fairly traded ingredients; we wanted to wait until ALL the cocoa butter we bought could be supplied from a fairly traded source and now it is. All our cocoa butter from now on is fairly traded.“

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Global Exchange - Printer Friendly (#)

„ORGANIZE your campus,community, local schools, and faith-based groups with our Fair Trade Action Packs (coffee, chocolate/cocoa) and K-12 materials. Advocate for Fair Trade from campus dining halls, businesses, companies, faith-based groups, workplaces, and more. Get schools to switch to Fair Trade chocolate for fundraisers, vending machines and cafeterias. Hold letter writing parties to companies..the possibilities and needs are endless!“

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Global Exchange : 'Chocolate with a Conscience' Offered (#)

„And a fair price is not the end of it. Fair traded cocoa also deals in another social issue: that of child labor. A report done for the US Agency for International Development last fall claimed nearly 300,000 children work under dangerous conditions on cocoa farms in West Africa. "When you see the fair trade label," Opal says, " you know there is no slave labor and no forced child labor in your chocolate bar."“

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PR Distribution through United Natural Foods (#)

„CONACADO, a democratically managed cooperative of 9,000 small farmers in the Dominican Republic, grows and exports this cocoa after careful, post-harvest processing, including a special 3 day fermentation of the cocoa nibs. Thanks to their reputation for quality, and the growing market for organic and fair trade cocoa, CONACADO has become one of the leading cocoa exporters in the Caribbean.“

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CBBC Newsround | YOUR COMMENTS | Would you pay more for fair trade chocolate? (#)

„Siobhan, 13, London Unfortunately this topic is now closed but there are Comments pages on other subjects on the main Chat index. More Info Pics of child workers in India Past Stories Eat 'fairtrade' chocolate, says Cat Deeley Cocoa deal to boost fair trade chocolate  “

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Transfair USA | Cocoa Program (#)

„Fair Trade Certified chocolate is available from 10 origins, including Ghana, Ecuador, Bolivia, and the Dominican Republic. More than 42,000 Fair Trade cocoa farmers are earning a fair price for their high quality crop.“

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TransFair Canada: What's Fair? (#)

„The farmers and businesspeople who want to work with the Fair Trade system agree to do business by the rules. When cocoa is sold and a chocolate bar has been made according to the Fair Trade rules, it gets to have a logo on it, like this:“

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Fairtrade | Suppliers | Growers | Comfort, Fairtrade cocoa farmer (#)

„"Fairtrade deserves its name because it is fair. We would like more cocoa to be sold to Fairtrade because it means a better price for the producer". “

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Fairtrade | Suppliers | Growers | Guillermo, Fairtrade cocoa farmer (#)

„Look for the FAIRTRADE Mark on cocoa. To find out where you can buy Fairtrade cocoa, click here .“

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CBBC Newsround | TRADE | Fair trade chocolate (#)

„Fair trade chocolate bars are made from cocoa beans which are bought for a fair price from farmers.“

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Fair Trade / Organic / Shade Grown Coffee and Tea (#)

„Tea, Cocoa Fair Trade Rules “

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Global Exchange : 100% Fair Trade Companies (#)

„Where to Buy: 100% Fair Traders “

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