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100% of our crop is sold to the Fairtrade market. The current price of coffee in the conventional market doesn't cover the cost of producing the coffee.

Guillermo Vargas Leiton, coffee farmer, Costa Rica

Fairtrade Fortnight 2009

23rd Feb to 9th March

The Harrogate District Fairtrade
Group are holding a number of events
to mark Fairtrade Fortnight this year.

 

We are promoting a World Record Attempt on 7th March. We will join in with an attempt to break the World Record for largest number of Fairtrade bananas eaten in 24 hours.

 

We are holding a Fairtrade Coffee Morning at St Peter's Church on Cambridge Street from 10am till 4pm on Saturday 28th February.

 

We are holding a Fairtrade street stall on Saturday 7th March on Cambridge Street between 10am and noon.

Pictured: Packing mangoes, Ecuador.

Fairtrade guarantees a fair price to producers in the Third World, not subject to the free market which often traps them in an endless cycle of poverty. Minimum health, safety and environmental standards must be complied with, and no child or forced labour can occur. Producers are small scale, and organised into co-operatives. They are paid enough to enable them to invest in basics such as education, healthcare and clean water, as well as better equipment with which to make their living.

The UK is the world's largest market for Fairtrade goods, with about £190m worth sold last year out of global sales of over £500m which benefited over 5 million people in more than 50 countries. Best known for coffee, tea and bananas, there are now over 1500 Fairtrade products including clothing, sports balls and flowers, as well as spices, fruit juices and wine.

Full details are available online at www.fairtrade.org.uk

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