Archive for February, 2009
Fairtrade at Imperial with Shared Interest and Zaytoun
Fairtrade Fortnight is a time for debates and discussions, celebrations and chocolate tastings (of the fairtrade variety!). Yesterday, I debated, discussed, celebrated and…well no chocolate tasting yet. I was at Imperial College in London speaking along with Taysir from Palestine who is here in the UK for Fairtrade Fortnight to talk about the olive oil [...]
Update from Kenya
The following is a Business Development Update by Rachel Ngondo, Regional Development Executive, Africa Once again it’s the end of another end of the week and today I had the pleasure of hosting one of our board members, Carol Wills who had visited the office and had meetings with other members of the Fair trade [...]
Fairtrade Fortnight – Windward Islands Farmers (video)
The Coventry Green Voice posted a video of Renwick Rose, from the Windward Islands Farmers’ Association, at the Fairtrade Foundation Conference (19th February) on “The global food crisis and Fairtrade: Small farmers, big solutions?” Renwick Rose has an important message and I hope this video helps spread the good word about Fairtrade. You can see [...]
Fairtrade Fortnight Challenges 3
Tracy Mitchell is a Shared Interest ambassador and the views expressed herein are her own and do not necessarily represent the views of Shared Interest Society. When I wrote my last blog I was getting on pretty well with the Fairtrade Fortnight Member Challenge list – six down, eight to go! So what have I [...]
Nasser Abufarha speaking about Fairtrade olive oil
We recently posted a story about the world’s first Fairtrade certified olive oil being produced in Palestine and today the Guardian posted an audio file of Nasser Abufarha from Canaan Fair Trade speaking about Fairtrade olive oil. You can listen to the presentation by clicking here. Related Articles World Fair Trade Day 2010 Panorama: Chocolate [...]
New Fairtrade Fortnight Pictures
I’ve just uploaded some Fairtrade Fortnight photos to our Flickr site. Please take a camera with you while you’re out and about this Fairtrade Fortnight and send me your best shots. Related Articles Fairtrade inspires a Shared Interest in Belfast A Fair Deal 2010: A Fairtrade Anniversary Co-op Awards 2010 Next week sees the first [...]
Fairtrade Bananas, Coffee and Vodka
What a combination of fairtrade treats! Fairtrade Fortnight 2009 is upon us and what a fortnight it’s proving to be. Despite a lack of sun at the launch event along London’s Southbank on Sunday the family race day was a great success. Races included the Cafedirect space hopper race and a divine chocolate egg and [...]
The global food crisis and Fairtrade
The Fairtrade Foundation has recently uploaded 11 videos taken from their recent conference ‘The global food crisis and Fairtrade’. The conference, hosted on the 19 February, explored the effects of the crisis on small-scale producers, discussed whether current responses are adequate and examined the role of Fairtrade in supporting solutions. You can watch all of [...]
Fairtrade olive oil will offer an economic lifeline for Palestinian farmers
The first olive oil to carry the FAIRTRADE Mark will be launched today, to coincide with the start of Fairtrade Fortnight (23 February – 8 March). A delicious, high quality product, the oil has been produced by marginalized Palestinian farmers and provides much needed income to olive farmers, struggling to make a living. The olive [...]
Fairtrade Fortnight Challenges – 2
Tracy Mitchell is a Shared Interest ambassador and the views expressed herein are her own and do not necessarily represent the views of Shared Interest Society So where were we? Two down, and two in progress ……. – you will recall I’m referring to the Fairtrade Fortnight Member Challenge list. Yesterday was our church fair [...]