My Personal Fairtrade Fortnight Challenge
This fortnight, I will only be buying fair trade and organic… Monday saw the start of Fairtrade Fortnight and I decided to set myself the challenge of only buying fairtrade and organic products for...
Category: Fair trade
UK launch of world’s first Fairtrade Olive Oil, made in Palestine
Here at Ethical Superstore we’re delighted to announce the imminent launch of Palestinian Fairtrade olive oil in the UK, coinciding with Fairtrade Fortnight 2009 (23 Feb – 8 March). Zaytoun’s Fairtrade, organic olive oil...
What are we teaching our children?
It’s halfway through half term and my life is overwhelmed with children. With no time or energy to think about anything else, I focus my thoughts on children and the question that my Dad...
So flippin’ ethical!
With pancake day approaching fast I wanted to try my hand at making the most ethical pancake I could. I’d read that it was possible to make perfectly good pancakes without eggs or even...
Fairtrade In Action
If you’re wondering what Fairtrade means to the producers of goods then watch this short video which documents two Fairtrade certified banana producer organisations, BANELINO and ASOBANU in the Dominican Republic and find out...
Cafédirect to stage the first ever TasteFair
To celebrate the art of coffee growing, Cafédirect, one of the biggest names in Fairtrade, is staging the first ever TasteFair – nine days of eco-lifestyle events to stimulate the senses during Fairtrade Fortnight...
10 Fairtrade products you (probably) didn’t know you could buy
Yes, there are indeed more Fairtrade products to feast on than tea, coffee, bananas and chocolate. From marmalade, and mango chutney to sexy underwear and ethical cola, there’s a rare Fairtrade treat to be...
The A-Z of Fairtrade: Part 3
Here is my third and final part of the A-Z of Fairtrade; enjoy! R – RICE: “In 2000, FLO took the first steps towards the introduction of the Fairtrade Standard for Rice to open...
The A-Z of Fairtrade: Part 2
Here’s my A-Z of Fairtrade: Part 2; following on from Part 1. J – JUICES: A lot of fruit used for juice production is grown on plantations ran by farmers who cannot compete with...
The A-Z of Fairtrade: Part 1
The first Annual Fairtrade Fortnight was back in 1995 and was marked by Justino Peck, a cocoa farmer from Belize, touring the country. The theme for this year is “Make it Happen – Choose...