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

  „Manuel's day starts at six o’clock. He has a breakfast of bananas, and might have a cup of cocoa. Two hours later he is at work, clearing weeds and tending the cocoa plants and the surrounding fruit trees that give the plants shade. Maria prepares his lunch ‘because she loves me’, Manuel says, with a twinkle in his eye. It's a meal of rice and beans, sometimes with meat.“

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Fairtrade | Suppliers | Growers | Ovidia, Fairtrade cocoa farmer

  „For this part of their crop, the farmers receive a guaranteed minimum price. The remaining cocoa is sold to the conventional market where prices have been very low, below the cost of production, for over two years. They have been earning an average of about 2,500 pesos a month which just about covers their costs and allows them living expenses. There is no money left over, but if there was, Ovidia would like to save it to make improvements to their home.“

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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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Fairtrade | News | Press Release

  „The British public drinks 1.7 million cups of Fairtrade tea, coffee and cocoa each day and eats 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 £62.6 million.“

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