Demand is rising, but the benefits are failing to filter down to coffee farmers
30 May 2012 13:56
By Dave Goodyear, Producer Research & Impact Manager, Fairtrade Foundation
The global thirst for coffee seems unquenchable. A new commodity briefing released today by the Fairtrade Foundation explores how consumption has almost doubled over the last 40 years, with demand now being led by the emerging economies of Brazil, India and Eastern Europe. So why are smallholder coffee farmers still struggling to make a living?
Dragons with a conscience
28 May 2012 16:04
By Harriet Lamb, Executive Director, Fairtrade Foundation
For many, the chance to pitch in the Dragons’ Den would be a dream come true. The all-out knock out dream – one of these ones it’s so disappointing when you wake up and find it’s not true – would be to sit on the other side, in those chairs in that great warehouse. So I had to keep pinching myself as, yes, I sat down in one of those chairs in that …… warehouse, next to Mr Sugar himself, Jerry as in Ben & Jerry.
Team Fair cheer on the torch through Fairtrade Bristol
24 May 2012 10:08
By Jenny Foster, Bristol Fairtrade Campaign
What a beautiful sunny morning to cheer the Olympic torch as it passed through Bristol this morning. And what a wonderful sight - a sea of Fairtrade Team Fair flags along the route, brandished by students from four schools working to become Fairtrade schools, either side of our Fairtrade City banner.
Livelihoods under threat in Palestine
18 May 2012 11:30
By Ann Davison, independent Fairtrade consultant
Ann Davison reports from Palestine where olive farmers are facing an order from the Israeli government to tear up their centuries old olive trees, and source of income.
How can you make international supply chains work better for smallholder farmers?
16 May 2012 10:10
By Aurelie Walker, Trade Policy Adviser, Fairtrade Foundation
Making international supply chains work better for smallholder farmers is a potential ‘win-win’ for thousands of farmers and businesses. A new report by the Fairtrade Foundation analyses six case studies from farmer groups producing tea, cocoa and nuts in Kenya, Cote D’Ivoire and Malawi asking them from their experience, what really makes trade fair?
Step into Oxfam this World Fair Trade Day
11 May 2012 10:02
By Harry Hill, comedian, entertainer, Fairtrade supporter and authority on salted peanuts
To celebrate World Fair Trade Day (12 May) I’m working behind the till at the Oxfam shop on Kensington High Street where I once bought a stuffed puffin.
Unique, exciting and launched today - the Fairtrade Access Fund
23 Apr 2012 9:03
By Harriet Lamb, Executive Director, Fairtrade Foundation
A new scheme - The Fairtrade Access Fund - that will give loans and technical support to Fairtrade farmers is launched today. Harriet Lamb describes this unique scheme which is an exciting partnership between a social investment firm and two not-for-profit organisations.
Welcoming the world to Fairtrade London
4 Apr 2012 17:54
By Harriet Lamb, Executive Director, Fairtrade Foundation
How will the commitment to Fairtrade in LOCOG’s Food Vision for the London 2012 Olympics make a difference for developing world producers?
Drink up, it’s Fairtrade
30 Mar 2012 17:55
By Eliza Ward, Commercial Development Officer, Fairtrade Foundation
The word about Fairtrade wine is spreading, as the buzz around at the Drinks Business Green Awards shows. But which companies are setting the pace for others to follow?
The story behind the first Fairtrade chocolate
26 Mar 2012 11:29
By Craig Sams, Founder, Green and Black’s
Who was behind the very first chocolate to carry the FAIRTRADE Mark and how did it come into being? Green and Black’s founder Craig Sams sets the scene.
