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, ...
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 ...
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
Article posted: 20 Nov 2020
How are we going to build a fairer, safer and a more sustainable future for the next generation?
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.
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.
Article posted: 18 Nov 2020
Together with Ben & Jerry’s we’re on a mission to make a living income possible for cocoa farmers in West Africa.
Article posted: 17 Nov 2020
Covid-19 already presented an extraordinary challenge for our producers and workers around the world. Now, with the impact of both hurricanes, their struggle only increases.
Article posted: 10 Nov 2020
When Oxfam Fair Trade began planning a campaign to support a living income for cocoa farmers, they knew it had to be engaging, accessible - and above all, fun.
Article posted: 3 Nov 2020
Eight years of Fairtrade certification has turned what was a small cooperative producing around a thousand tonnes of cocoa beans a year into a major operation exporting fifteen times that amount.
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There’s happiness in the cooperative! Before [Fairtrade] we didn’t earn enough. Now when I get ill the coop looks after me. Before people came, bought our cocoa and we never saw them again.
Issouf Traore, cocoa farmer, ECOOKIM - ECOJAD, Côte d'Ivoire
