It’s nearly time to go bananas….
Fairtrade Fortnight 2010 starts on Monday 22nd February and runs through to Sunday 7th March and everyone can do their little bit to take part.
Since it started in 2000, Fairtrade Fortnight has been gaining momentum in raising consumer awareness. Now 1 in 4 bananas sold in the UK carry the FAIRTRADE mark.
For this year’s event the Fairtrade Foundation are asking the nation to join them in The Big Swap. For two whole weeks they are asking you to swap your usual stuff for Fairtrade stuff. There are lots of items that you’d put in your weekly shopping basket that you can swap from regular one’s to the ones carrying the FAIRTRADE mark such as Bananas, coffee, tea, sugar, wine even your cotton socks! Fairtrade products are more available now than ever, very supermarket carries FAIRTRADE products so whenever you pop to the shops, you can use your wallet to make a stand.
Swapping your usual stuff for Fairtrade stuff is a small step to making the world a fairer place. It means that you get to show your support for developing world producers through what you buy. Two billion people – a third of humanity – survive on less than $2 a day. Unfair trade rules keep them in poverty and on top of that they also face the global challenges of food shortages and climate change.
If consumers in the developed world swap their normal purchases for Fairtrade items it puts producers in the developing world back in control of their own lives, by getting a better deal for the work that they do. This is a different way of doing business! It’s the fair way of doing business!
The Fairtrade Foundation are aiming to get one million and one swaps, so go on, give them a helping hand.
2 Responses to “It’s nearly time to go bananas….”
CallumW says:
16/02/2010 at 10:36
Looking good.
I know Saathay is 100% fairtrade textiles etc, but what other retailers would you recommend for groceries etc…?
Ta
CW
Saathay says:
16/02/2010 at 10:48
Hi
Most of the major supermarkets like Sainsburys, Tesco and Waitrose carry FAIRTRADE marked products especially the staples in peoples shopping baskets like tea, coffee, bananas and sugar. Although I would would say the biggest range you’ll find is at the Co-Operative and now Somerfields (as Somerfields is now owned by Co-Operative).
Prabha