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AgroFair marks 25 years of Fairtrade
Fairtrade specialist AgroFair has seen big changes in 25 years, but the firm's Frank Vermeersch and Luud Clercx tell World of Fresh Ideas that the job is far from done
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Fairtrade Foundation and Mondelēz drive grant scheme for Ghana cocoa communities - Confectionery Production
A significant support package has been awarded to nine Ghanaian cocoa farming unions as part of a Mondelēz and Fairtrade Foundation scheme to invest in new climate-smart small businesses on behalf of their members.
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Cadbury Farmer Resilience Fund supports thousands of women to improve income in cocoa growing communities - MyJoyOnline.com
The new ‘Cadbury Farmer Resilience Fund’ designed to protect cocoa farmer livelihoods during the COVID-19 pandemic is providing grants that will empower thousands of women farmers to start small businesses and earn a decent living. Emerging from an existing partnership between Mondelēz International and Fairtrade under the Climate Change and…
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Lidl wants to increase its Fairtrade banana offer
With 10,300 tons of organic Fairtrade bananas sold in 2020, Lidl wants to offer certified conventional bananas from Colombia and Ghana (currently being tested in eastern France). According to…
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Fairtrade Dairy Milk rolls off production line Archives - Just Food
To the delight of the more socially-aware chocoholics in the UK, Cadbury yesterday (22 July) revealed it had started production of Fairtrade Dairy Milk.
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Fairtrade sales break the GBP1bn barrier Archives - Just Food
Alongside the start of Fairtrade Fortnight in the UK, the organisation announced that Fairtrade sales broke the GBP1bn barrier in 2010. The category has proved somewhat resilient to the downturn, and with Sainsbury's and the Co-op backing the foundation, the category is only set to get bigger.
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Industry ushers in Fairtrade Fortnight Archives - Just Food
As Fairtrade Fortnight kicks off in the UK, just-food looks at the major stories surrounding the event and speaks to Fairtrade pioneer and Traidcraft chief Paul Chandler about the challenges and opportunities facing the sector.
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The future for Fairtrade Archives
With big brands switching to Fairtrade, what does the future hold for the ethical label?
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Fairtrade gifts handed to Bradford children
FAIRTRADE Bradford is committed to raising the profile for Fairtrade products and ethics in the district.
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LEON launches Fairtrade & Organic coffee range
Naturally Fast Food brand LEON has announced the launch of its Fairtrade certified and organic coffee in Sainsbury’s supermarkets across the country on 23 May, including ground and whole bean.
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Focus On Ethical Trading: 26 June
Fairtrade continues to thrive
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Sale of Fairtrade products in Poland sets record
Poles bought a record number of products under the Fairtrade brand last year, with coffee and chocolate topping the shopping list, the Fairtrade Foundation stated in a report published on Thursday.
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A €1 million partnership supporting small organic fairtrade banana producers
The Fairtrade / Max Havelaar movement has launched a €1 million project funded by the French Development Agency (with a €300,000 contribution from Carrefour) to support environmentally…
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Carrefour Supports Fairtrade Banana Project | ESM Magazine
Carrefour is supporting a Fairtrade/Max Havelaar project aimed at supporting the organic fair trade banana sector in Peru and the Dominican Republic.
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Fairtrade delivers multi-million coronavirus relief funding to cocoa and farming communities - Confectionery Production
Fairtrade has delivered a €15 million Covid-19 relief fund reaching over 500,000 farmers and agricultural workers in nearly 60 countries, including key Ghana and Ivory Coast cocoa communities, writes Neill Barston.
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Supporting Sustainable Global Fairtrade Across the Borough
Local campaigners and supporters from Neston helped first secure Fairtrade status for the borough 10 years ago.
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Incofin Assists SOPROCOPIV Coffee Cooperative with Fairtrade Certification, COVID-19 Adjustment in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - MicroCapital
Incofin, an investment management firm based in Belgium, recently launched a technical assistance project for Solidarité pour la Production et la Commercialisation des Produits Industriels et Vivriers (SOPROCOPIV), a coffee cooperative in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The goal is to help SOPROCOPIV become certified by Germany’s…
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Fairtrade and Cocobod organise 2-day training on standards and sustainability - MyJoyOnline.com
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) in partnership with Fairtrade Africa has held a two-day training workshop on Fairtrade standards and sustainability for some staff of the research department of Cocobod. The training workshop sought to further build the capacity of the Cocobod Research team in the area of monitoring and evaluation of cocoa…
