We were taught to serve, to be workers. Now with Fairtrade, we are entrepreneurs.
Martial Quintero, banana producer, Cooperativa de Servicios Multiples Bananera del Atlantico, Panama
News and Features
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The Increasing Value of Sustainability among consumers
Article posted: 14 Dec 2020
How willing are consumers to purchase products made in a fair and ethical way? Does that change across countries? These, and many other questions, were explored as part of the Trade Fair Live Fair ...
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New Fairtrade study highlights successes and ways forward towards gender equality
Article posted: 10 Dec 2020
The study focuses on six Fairtrade coffee cooperatives in Guatemala, Indonesia and Kenya, and how they made progress on inclusion, empowerment and transformative change.
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Lynette Thorstensen Elected as Fairtrade Board Chair
Article posted: 3 Dec 2020
Fairtrade International is pleased to announce Lynette Thorstensen as the new Chair of the Fairtrade Board.
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Ecuador: Virtual training on climate change leadership for producers is well underway
Article posted: 2 Dec 2020
48 young producers from 22 Fairtrade certified organizations from different provinces in Ecuador are remotely taking part in the climate change leadership school.
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Valentine Growers: The future looks rosy for Fairtrade flower growers in Kenya
Article posted: 30 Nov 2020
Valentine Growers describes itself as “not your typical rose farm.” Producing an astonishing 27 million roses every year, more than 95 percent of the workforce is employed on permanent contracts, ...
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Fairtrade Delegation Meets with Pope Francis on Trade, Climate Change and the Impact of COVID-19 on Agriculture
Article posted: 25 Nov 2020
A Fairtrade International delegation met with Pope Francis on Monday, 23. November, to present the work Fairtrade is doing around the world to promote fairer trading conditions for more than 5 ...
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The sweet smell of sustainable success
Article posted: 24 Nov 2020
That sense of community - the farmers who grow cocoa, the factory workers, and the consumers who enjoy it - is one of the reasons they are trader of the year
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World Children’s Day: Investing in our future means investing in our children
Article posted: 20 Nov 2020
How are we going to build a fairer, safer and a more sustainable future for the next generation?
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Leadership Change at Fairtrade International
Article posted: 19 Nov 2020
Dario Soto Abril has informed the Fairtrade International (FI) Board that he will be stepping down from his role as CEO in February 2021.
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Cocoa farmers don't earn a living income. Where can government play a role?
Article posted: 18 Nov 2020
To make progress in eliminating poverty amongst cocoa farmers, governments in chocolate consuming countries must enact policies that support living incomes.
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