Interactive Fair Trade

Introduction Facts and Figures Types of Products Producers of Fair trade Products Where can I buy Fair Trade products? Where can I find out more?

What is Fair-trade? Fair Trade organizations seek to establish a long term relationship with

producers. This helps eliminate the uncertainty they usually suffer, either due to lack of access to market information, to erratic prices or to plain abuses from prey middlemen. In this collaborative frame, trading NGOs also provide upfront payment or financing for harvest costs and technical advice for organic farming, for example. Apart from that, Fair traders help their providers when disaster strikes; think about hurricanes in Central America, which can devastate large areas of coffee plantations. Menu

General Facts and Figures

Traidcraft was one of the organisations that helped set up the Fair-trade Foundation in 1992. Nearly three-quarters (74%) of the UK population recognise the Fairtrade Mark.

Number of Fairtrade synagogues: 46 Number of Fairtrade mosques: 2 Number of Fairtrade towns, cities and villages: 500 Number of Fairtrade universities and colleges: 120 Number of Fairtrade schools: 480 menu

Examples of different types of products from one country.

Fair Trade items from Kenya; Cotton Fruit Biscuits Coffee Tea Sweets
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Bananas in Kenya

Fair-trade bananas were launched in 1994, and now one in four bananas sold in the UK is Fair-trade.

The banana is the most popular fruit in the world - people spend over 10 billion a year on the fruit globally. This benefits the farmers and communities as they are getting more money and have better connections through the world. menu

Mangoes in Burking Faso

Over 20 million tons of mangoes are grown in the tropics every year. In the UK they buy 22 million worth on mango each year. This benefits the farmers and communities as they are getting more money and have better connections through the world.

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Co Op fairtrade products.

The Co-operative sells many fairtrade products such as chocolate, tea and coffee. The Co-operative was the first major retailer to champion Fairtrade, pioneering the sale of fairly traded goods before the FAIRTRADE Mark was introduced, and they continue to lead the way, with more Fair-trade sold, for the size of their business, than any of their competitors menu

For more information;

For more information please attend your local Fairtrade event, 1st April 2013.

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