Organic and Fair Trade Hot Cross Buns – have you made yours?
So Easter is coming and one of the great traditions of Easter is the Hot Cross Bun. I have never made them before so I decided I would have ago this year. The Hot...
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Saõ Tomé’s Story
Take a tropical island paradise, a flourishing cocoa producer and a group of people determined to improve the lives of others and you get Cafédirect’s empowering story of its involvement with the people of...
Five Stars for Cafédirect!
Maybe it’s the essential cog in your morning routine. Or it’s that impromptu heart to heart forged from that timeless ice-breaker – “Anyone for tea?”. Or perhaps you just enjoy grinding your own beans...
National Vegetarian Week
Next week is National Vegetarian Week. This annual awareness raising campaign promotes innovative and inspirational vegetarian cooking, and awareness of the benefits of a meat-free diet. Celebrated by the Vegetarian society since 1992, National...
British Sandwich Week
There’s something quintessentially British about sandwiches. The French have their baguettes, and the Italians their focaccia, but I don’t think there’s anywhere in the world that enjoys their sandwiches quite as much as us.
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...
The Green & Black’s Chocolate Tasting Guide
Today is the last day before the beginning of Lent… Our thoughts should be turning to what we should be giving up between now and Easter, but as it’s the last day when we...
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...
Give It Up for Lent
It would probably be fair to say that the majority of the population are familiar with the notion of Pancake Day, but how many people actually think of it as Shrove Tuesday, the final...
The Wottle: let eco-friendly water bottle revolution commence
There were those amongst us who thought the Wottle would never happen, but today’s the day – Brita UK and the prominent contemporary designer Orla Kiely have brought it all together, and Ethicalsuperstore’s long...