Tatsfield is a Fairtrade village. What is a Fairtrade Village?
What is Fairtrade? Fairtrade is an alternative approach to conventional trade and is based on a partnership between producers and consumers. It is not a charity. Follow the links here to find out about standards, certification, labelling, products and producers.
What is Fairtrade? Fairtrade is an alternative approach to conventional trade and is based on a partnership between producers and consumers. It is not a charity. Follow the links here to find out about standards, certification, labelling, products and producers.
Sainsbury's tea
From June, Sainsbury’s own-brand Red Label and Gold Label ranges will no longer be Fairtrade certified, instead these will be part of its new “Fairly Traded” range. More than 229,000 farmers will be affected by these changes. See the news page
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A message from Anna Pierides, coffee manager Fairtrade Foundation
Coffee is rapidly supplanting tea as the UK’s drink of choice. The speciality coffee scene has exploded. More and more entrepreneurs are roasting beans in the UK and opening cafes as consumers demand their favourite lattes and flat whites out and about and at home too. Sales of coffee pods are sky-rocketing. But as the Fatcat Wednesday campaign showed, the value of billion dollar industries rarely trickles down to workers, let alone the 125 million people worldwide who depend on producing coffee for their livelihood.
Let's all resolve to do our bit to tackle the specific and significant challenges facing the producers behind our favourite beverage. We’re ready to collaborate to end exploitation and get producers a greater share of this lucrative business.
If we don’t, this drink we all adore could leave a bitter taste in our mouths. Let’s not have any regrets - let’s take action today.
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Let's all resolve to do our bit to tackle the specific and significant challenges facing the producers behind our favourite beverage. We’re ready to collaborate to end exploitation and get producers a greater share of this lucrative business.
If we don’t, this drink we all adore could leave a bitter taste in our mouths. Let’s not have any regrets - let’s take action today.
Read the rest of the article
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