Fairtrade | Publications | Fair Comment | Spring 2002

Fairtrade | Publications | Fair Comment | Spring 2002 ()

  „Fairtrade supporters around the country are working together to make their community a Fairtrade City, Town or Zone. Activists in Chester and Salisbury will soon reach all five goals in the Fairtrade Town Goals and Action Pack. Attributing their success to linking with the community, Lisa Mather from the Cheshire Development Education Centre found that by bringing retailers, businesses, churches and schools on board it, "added momentum, vastly increased public awareness of Fairtrade and provided a variety of opportunities for people in Chester to act on Fairtrade." They are now firmly backed by the Lord Mayor, and city and county councillors.“

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  „All of this shares the aim of bringing Fairtrade to more people, both shoppers and farmers, in the new millennium - and we can't do this without your help! Supporters of CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam, People & Planet, Tearfund, Traidcraft, WDM and the WI will be invited to display posters, solicit pledges, organise events and distribute samples to spread the word during the Fortnight. A Fairtrade Fortnight action pack, action flyer, and details of other resources, will be available in mid-December. To order, call 020 7405 5942, or e-mail fortnight@fairtrade.org.uk for further information.“

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  „As part of Southampton’s move to declare Fairtrade status, local bands, actors and supporters dressed as Fairtrade foods will gather at the quay on 5 March to welcome a banana boat from the Windward Islands. Its cargo of Fairtrade bananas will be presented to the Mayor of Southampton and taken to hospitals and community centres with messages from the farmers.“

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  „Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International, the world-wide umbrella organization of Fair Trade, held its second annual forum in London on September 9th-12th, 2003. Three hundred people from over sixty countries met to exchange information, review policy issues, and in particular, discuss the strategic directions for Fair Trade. The Forum brought together representatives of Fair Trade producer and commercial organizations, licensees, national Fair Trade labeling organizations such as TransFair USA, and other organizations involved in Fair Trade.“

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  „However, some other companies make their own ‘fair trade’ claims without having the independent scrutiny of the FAIRTRADE Mark, or the interests of producers at heart. If you are shopping and see tea, coffee, bananas or cocoa products without the Mark, there is no guarantee that they give producers a fair deal.“

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  „Sainsbury’s now sells around 1,000,000 FAIRTRADE Mark bananas a week. Sainsbury's now have own brand FAIRTRADE Mark coffee, tea, chocolate and bananas apart from the wide range of branded products with the FAIRTRADE Mark.“

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