Get clued up: Fairtrade
What is Fairtrade?
Fairtrade is a simple way to make a
difference by thinking carefully about our everyday choices. It’s about
better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability and fair
terms of trade for small-scale farmers.
Farmers and producers in the developing world – and some closer
to home – are often the ones who bear the costs and risks of trade,
while global companies make the profits.
Fairtrade products such
as cocoa, sugar, fruit, cotton and thousands of other top quality goods
have been bought by companies for sustainable prices. This ensures that
the world’s poorest growers and producers are able to earn a decent
living and have a little extra to put back into their communities.
Why does CAFOD support Fairtrade?
CAFOD founded the Fairtrade
Foundation in 1992 along with Christian Aid, Oxfam, Traidcraft, the
World Development Movement and the National Federation of Women’s
Institutes.
We believe we are all part of the global food system -
which means we have the power to change it. Changing the food we buy
and choosing products from Fairtrade companies is one of the ways we can
help tackle poverty.
Speak out for a fairer food system>>>
What is Fairtrade Fortnight?
Fairtrade Fortnight is a key
moment for you to get involved with a CAFOD campaign and speak out for
justice in solidarity with the world’s poorest communities.
This year Fairtrade Fortnight will run from 24 February to 9 March.
It’s an ideal chance to look at what’s on our plates and think more carefully about the food we buy and who produces it.
Find out more about this Fairtrade Fortnight>>>
How can you get involved?
There are plenty of ways to get involved during Fairtrade Fortnight.
You can host local events or take up the Fortnight’s challenge, or you can take steps as a community to become an official Fairtrade parish or diocese.
Become a Fairtrade parish>>>
Become a Fairtrade diocese>>>
