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By Dave Goodyear, Producer Research &amp;amp; Impact Manager, Fairtrade Foundation
The global thirst...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/24060404646</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/24060404646</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 13:56:00 +0100</pubDate><category>coffee</category><category>smallholders</category><category>coffee consumption</category><category>coffee farmers</category></item><item><title>Dragons with a conscience</title><description>
By Harriet Lamb, Executive Director, Fairtrade Foundation
For many, the chance to pitch in the...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/23930662386</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/23930662386</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 16:04:00 +0100</pubDate><category>Ben and Jerry's</category><category>Dragon's</category><category>Harriet Lamb</category><category>Smallholders</category><category>dragons den</category><category>join our core</category></item><item><title>Team Fair cheer on the torch through Fairtrade Bristol</title><description>
By Jenny Foster, Bristol Fairtrade Campaign
What a beautiful sunny morning to cheer the Olympic...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/23664056873</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/23664056873</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 10:08:00 +0100</pubDate><category>Team Fair</category><category>fair olympics</category><category>olympics</category><category>torch relay</category><category>fairtrade flags</category><category>Bristol Fairtrade</category><category>towns</category></item><item><title>Livelihoods under threat in Palestine</title><description>
By Ann Davison, independent Fairtrade consultant
Ann Davison reports from Palestine where olive...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/23284437080</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/23284437080</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:30:05 +0100</pubDate><category>Palestine</category><category>olive oil</category><category>olive trees</category><category>zaytoun</category><category>Israeli</category><category>Deir Istya</category><category>International Women's Peace Service</category></item><item><title>How can you make international supply chains work better for smallholder farmers?</title><description>
By Aurelie Walker, Trade Policy Adviser, Fairtrade Foundation
Making international supply chains...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/23157786783</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/23157786783</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:10:00 +0100</pubDate><category>agricultural and rural development</category><category>business practice</category><category>private sector development</category><category>smallholders</category><category>sourcing</category><category>supply chains</category><category>twin trading</category><category>small farmers</category><category>national smallholder farmers association</category><category>commonwealth secretariat</category></item><item><title>Step into Oxfam this World Fair Trade Day</title><description>
By Harry Hill, comedian, entertainer, Fairtrade supporter and authority on salted peanuts
To...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/22833523397</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/22833523397</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:02:00 +0100</pubDate><category>Harry Hill</category><category>Harry's Nuts</category><category>Oxfam</category><category>World Fair Trade Day</category><category>Liberation Foods</category><category>guest bloggers</category><category>nuts</category><category>take a step</category></item><item><title>Unique, exciting and launched today - the Fairtrade Access Fund</title><description>
By Harriet Lamb, Executive Director, Fairtrade Foundation
A new scheme - The Fairtrade Access Fund...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/21637926209</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/21637926209</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:03:00 +0100</pubDate><category>access fund</category><category>world fair trade day</category><category>Incofin Investment Management</category><category>Grameen Foundation</category><category>Starbucks</category></item><item><title>Welcoming the world to Fairtrade London</title><description>
By Harriet Lamb, Executive Director, Fairtrade Foundation
How will the commitment to Fairtrade in...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/20472238766</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/20472238766</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:54:23 +0100</pubDate><category>Olympics</category><category>LOCOG</category><category>London 2012</category><category>Food Vision</category><category>tea</category><category>coffee</category><category>bananas</category><category>sugar</category><category>chocolate</category><category>wine</category><category>oranges</category><category>Harriet Lamb</category></item><item><title>Drink up, it's Fairtrade</title><description>
By Eliza Ward, Commercial Development Officer, Fairtrade FoundationThe word about Fairtrade wine is...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/20175028325</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/20175028325</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:55:00 +0100</pubDate><category>wine</category><category>fairhills</category><category>Drinks business green awards</category><category>green awards</category><category>Matthew Clark</category></item><item><title>The story behind the first Fairtrade chocolate</title><description>
By Craig Sams, Founder, Green and Black&amp;#8217;s
Who was behind the very first chocolate to carry...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/19948692086</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/19948692086</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:29:00 +0100</pubDate><category>chocolate</category><category>Green and Black's</category><category>Craig Sams</category><category>Josephine Fairley</category><category>Maya Gold</category><category>Belize</category></item><item><title>Sugar, Fairtrade and the consequences of an unfair playing field</title><description>
By Toby Quantrill, Trade Policy Advisor, Fairtrade Foundation
With Fairtrade Fortnight just...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/19300955710</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/19300955710</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:37:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Belize</category><category>Malawi</category><category>competition</category><category>fairtrade</category><category>sugar</category><category>responsible capitalism</category><category>trade justice</category></item><item><title>The end of Fairtrade Fortnight, but keep on stepping</title><description>
by Harriet Lamb, Executive Director, Fairtrade Foundation
As Fairtrade Fortnight draws to a close,...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/19128323420</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/19128323420</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:00:06 +0000</pubDate><category>Harriet Lamb</category><category>fortnight</category><category>take a step</category><category>International Womens Day</category></item><item><title>A little bit of humanity in Fairtrade products</title><description>
taken from the Fairtrade Producer tour blog
Fairtrade producers Tookie, Masauko, Massatoma and...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/18915559808</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/18915559808</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:16:00 +0000</pubDate><category>producer tour</category><category>fairtrade fortnight</category><category>take a step</category><category>towns</category></item><item><title>Best foot forward for Fairtrade</title><description>
by Adam Gardner, Campaigns Officer, Fairtrade Foundation
This week all across the UK, people have...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/18668209843</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/18668209843</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate><category>take a step</category><category>producer tour</category><category>campaigners</category><category>towns</category></item><item><title>Fair trade debate is welcome, but let’s get the facts straight</title><description>
by Barbara Crowther, Director of Policy and Communications, Fairtrade Foundation
To launch the...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/18501851430</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/18501851430</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:31:00 +0000</pubDate><category>fair trade debate</category><category>is fairtrade unfair?</category><category>unfair trade</category><category>unfairtrade</category><category>Legatum Institute</category><category>BBC Breakfast</category><category>Dalibor Rohac</category><category>fairtrade con</category></item><item><title>Should Fairtrade be business-like or charity-like?</title><description>
By Barbara Crowther, Communications Director, Fairtrade Foundation
The limits of language are the...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/18491372917</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/18491372917</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:10:00 +0000</pubDate><category>take a step</category><category>wittgenstein</category><category>charity</category><category>business</category><category>CSR</category><category>business world</category><category>charity world</category><category>social enterprise</category><category>responsible capitalism</category><category>business vs. charity</category></item><item><title>Fairtrade Fortnight begins!</title><description>
by Harriet Lamb, Executive Director, Fairtrade Foundation
As we hit Fairtrade Fortnight (27 Feb- 11...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/18374186615</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/18374186615</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:48:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Harriet Lamb</category><category>fairtrade fortnight</category><category>take a step</category><category>inequality</category><category>responsible capitalism</category><category>sugar</category></item><item><title>Alexa Chung loves Fairtrade cotton at LFW</title><description>
By Harriet Lamb, Executive Director, Fairtrade Foundation
It’s vital in life to know your limits....</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/17947424411</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/17947424411</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:18:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Alexa Chung</category><category>Safia Minney</category><category>Harriet Lamb</category><category>people tree</category><category>London Fashion Week</category><category>cotton</category><category>fashion</category><category>responsible capitalism</category></item><item><title>Harriet Lamb visits banana farmers in the Windward Islands</title><description>
By Harriet Lamb, Executive Director, Fairtrade Foundation
No-one could avoid smirking when I said I...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/17259353679</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/17259353679</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:23:07 +0000</pubDate><category>bananas</category><category>Harriet Lamb</category><category>winfa</category><category>Windward Islands</category><category>Guardian Achievement Award for International Development</category><category>hurricane tomas</category><category>hurricane dean</category></item><item><title>A tale of two Fairtrade Towns</title><description>
By Harriet Lamb, Executive Director, Fairtrade Foundation
The vibrant network of campaigners for...</description><link>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/16920513207</link><guid>http://fairtradeblog.tumblr.com/post/16920513207</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:50:00 +0000</pubDate><category>towns</category><category>Milverton</category><category>Luton</category><category>Fairtrade group</category><category>Harriet Lamb</category></item></channel></rss>

