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Banana producer organisation drives COVID-19 prevention campaign in the Dominican Republic
‘Do you have to do your shopping?’, says a voice message sent via WhatsApp. ‘First, try to limit the times you go out for the market or the store. The ideal would be to go out once a week, not every day. To go out, you must wear a facemask’, continues the message shared to workers, organisation members, and their families by the Ecological Bananas of the Northwest Line (Banelino).
UK shoppers help generate $41m for Fairtrade communities in 2019
Latest figures show shoppers back Fairtrade during challenging market and care more than ever about helping farmers and workers combat low prices in trade.
Fairtrade producers raise their voices to ask Nestlé to keep KitKat Fairtrade
After a decade of sourcing cocoa and sugar for KitKat in the UK and Ireland, Nestlé have informed Fairtrade they no longer plan to buy Fairtrade cocoa and sugar from some of the world’s most vulnerable small scale farmers.
12 Universities have achieved Fairtrade status in nationwide Fairtrade University and College Award
Higher education institutions in England and Scotland were notified this week that they have achieved Fairtrade University status.
Reaction to news that Department for International Development is to be merged with Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The Fairtrade Foundation is deeply disappointed by the announcement that DFID is to be merged into the FCO.
Fairtrade Premium helps community garden feed school children in Brazil
A community garden in Brazil, known as the Solidarity Garden Project, is helping to supplement the break time snacks provided by schools in rural areas with fresh fruit and vegetables.
Stories of community and kindness from Central America
Fairtrade continues to receive reports from our producer organisations in the Central Latin America and Caribbean (the CLAC) region of farmers and producers coming together to support their communities.
Fairtrade reports on programme to strengthen West Africa cocoa co-operatives
When farmer co-operatives are better managed and member-focused, they are more sustainable business partners and farmers’ incomes rise. This is the theory behind an intensive programme for Fairtrade cocoa co-operatives in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, the initial results of which are being released today by Fairtrade International.
Way to Go! Lidl launches super Fairtrade chocolate bar
Lidl launches its first own-brand super-Fairtrade chocolate bar.
Sanitisation and prevention campaigns by Fairtrade small producer oganisations
Amidst the continued spread of COVID-19 and ensuing challenges, Fairtrade producer organisations across the world are continuing to invest in initiatives that aim to strengthen their resilience and avert further loss of production and other resources due to the pandemic.