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Growing eco-friendly energy access through coffee co-operatives in Uganda
Three Fairtrade co-ops in rural Uganda are seeking new ways to help their members access not just power, but clean and reliable solar energy.
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3 Fair Trade Businesses making a difference
World Fair Trade Day makes a splash on 8 May – the perfect chance to shine a spotlight on some…
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7 exciting new Fairtrade products to try
We’ve rounded up the freshest Fairtrade products to hit the shelves featuring heart-shaped chocolates and a bespoke Fairtrade gold ring…
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Ethical Coffee – 14 ethical Fairtrade coffees to choose
Here is our pick of 14 ethical Fairtrade coffees tried and tested and chosen for their people-friendly and eco-friendly credentials
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Fairtrade Presents: The Women Behind Your Coffee
On the 31 October the Fairtrade Foundation took part in the Virtual Global Coffee Festival by hosting a panel discussion titled: ‘Fairtrade Presents: The Women Behind…
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Drink Up to Do Good with Fairtrade Coffee
Despite coffee’s popularity and lucrative value, the average non-Fairtrade coffee farmer lives on as little as £1.37 a day. How can this be?
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Who will farm coffee in the future?
If young people seeking further education desert coffee farms en masse, where will the next generation of coffee farmers come from?
![Evalyne Nyawira with her coffee bush](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Evalyne-Nyawira-Story-box-768x512.jpg)
Four Heartbreaks and then coffee
Marriages end all the time, yes, but for me, it wasn’t just a marriage that ended, it was a process, a big happily-ever-after plan that had ended. Like many who had attained university education, I had migrated to the city of lights from a little village called Kamutira in Kirinyaga County, Kenya.
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Fairtrade safety net more critical than ever for coffee producers facing further uncertainty due to COVID-19
Farmers and workers in the global south are often living on thin margins even during ‘normal’ times.
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COVID-19: A global challenge requires a global solution
At Fairtrade, our mission is to help farmers and workers in some of the world’s poorest countries to get a better deal and escape poverty. We’re deeply worried that this virus will devastate the communities we work with – not only because of its impact on people’s health, but also the very real possibility that containment measures will cause widespread hardship to people’s incomes and wages.