World Fair Trade Day Competition
The phrase ‘Fair Trade’ has been in the press a lot of late. Kit Kat, Cadbury’s and organic chocolate connoisseurs Green & Black’s have all pledged their intention to go Fairtrade, and not long...
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The Big Swap – Shared Interest tries Fairtrade Towels
After the success of the the Fairtrade Wine Tasting, our friends at Shared Interest decided they’d like to try out a Fairtrade towel. After all, we shouldn’t just be thinking about swapping our food...
The Big Swap – Shared Interest tries Fairtrade Wine
We’re more than half of the way through Fairtrade Fortnight, and people have been swapping to Fairtrade in their thousands – just check out the Fairtrade Foundation’s Big Swap-ometer to see how it’s been...
Fairtrade Fortnight Producer Stories: Tropical Wholefoods
It’s Fairtrade Fortnight, hurrah! It’s the season when we all have a chance to consider what we buy and where it’s come from. As we’re munching on some yummy food or dressing ourselves in...
The Fair Trade Big Breakfast Swap
We all know the theory. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But in practice? Not a chance. Not in our house anyway. How can the most important meal of the day...
Fairtrade Fortnight – Challenge Fair Trade Fatigue
You will no doubt have heard of, and probably experienced compassion fatigue. You know the symptoms – arranging a day’s holiday for the date of Children in Need or Comic Relief; busily texting as...
Going Fair Trade
Less than a year ago, Cadbury’s announced their first foray into the Fairtrade arena. Since then, Kit Kat have also acquired the Fairtrade mark, and despite many raised eyebrows that people have directed at...
Friday Fun – Fairtrade Chocolate Tales
What better way to celebrate it being Friday than with a delicious bar of Fairtrade Divine Chocolate? But the big question is – do you think about where your chocolate comes from every time...
Helen’s Good For You Guide to Xmas Shopping
As the autumn gloom begins to seep into my mood and my aquafit instructor informs me there’s only 63 days until Christmas and my teenage son comments on how hard it is to get...