FC.Spring2007-design3 14/2/07 12:49 pm Page 1commentThe Fairtrade Foundation Newsletter Spring 2007 www.fairtrade.org.uk“If trade undermines life, narrows it orimpoverishes it, then it can destroy the world. Iftrade enhances life, then it can better the world.”Dame Anita RoddickAlso in this issue:02 Gail Porter 04 Banana Bonus 06 Cook up a change!visits Ugandafair© Trevor LeightonFC.Spring2007-design3 14/2/07 12:49 pm Page 22 Fair CommentTop storyChange Today, Choose Fairtradestill today not everyone is awarethat all trade is not necessarilyfair.” Through selling Fairtradecoffee to pioneering Fcompanies like Cafédirect andEqual Exchange, Gumutindocoffee farmers have been able tostrengthen their organisationwith new warehouses and acupping laboratory - to check thetaste and quality of their beans -and invest in health facilities inthe local community. “This is whylittle changes in our shoppinghabits can make such aGail Porter tries her hand at de-pulping coffee cherries.difference,” comments Gail.At the heart of FairtradeFairtrade Fortnight 2007 (26 February – 11Fortnight will be thousands ofMarch) is all about change. Changing our events in local communitiesorganised by campaign groups,shopping habits to bring about change forand Fairtrade Towns, Cities andmillions of producers worldwide. Villages of which there are morearriet Lamb, Executive spotlight on the effect Fairtrade than 220. Events will range frompub quiz nights ...
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