Tuesday, 7 September 2021 | Joanna After a long twelve months away, our first stall at Sheffield's Art in the Gardens was a roaring success |
1 CommentWednesday, 7 July 2021 | Joanna  World Chocolate Day is 7 July - it's one of the most important crops for Fairtrade farmers and workers but they still struggle to make ends meet |
Tuesday, 8 June 2021 | Joanna  Brand new products from a new supplier - Mbedza Projects Support in Malawi. Traditional African print cotton aprons and bags. |
Friday, 7 May 2021 | Joanna  Saturday 8 May is World Fair Trade Day - the annual celebration of the enterprises around the world who put people and planet at the heart of their operation. |
Monday, 19 April 2021 | Joanna  The Great Big Green Week runs from 18-26 September and is a joint campaigning week for the Climate Coalition |
Monday, 12 April 2021 | Joanna  World Fair Trade Day 8 May 2021 has the theme "Build Back Fairer" |
Wednesday, 3 February 2021 | Joanna  Since 1 January 2020 shipments from countries with whom the UK doesn't have a trade agreement face tariffs. In the case of Fairtrade bananas from Ghana this means £95 per tonne, or 9.5p on the cost of each 1kg of bananas. This could bankrupt Fairtrade farmers. |
Wednesday, 16 December 2020 | Joanna  2020 has been a difficult and challenging year for all of us. Fairtrade Fortnight 2020 was the last time many of us were able to campaign in our communities, meet up with our fair trade friends and celebrate the farmers and workers who grow and make the Fairtrade goods we love. So Fairtrade Yorkshire is working with other regions and nations around the UK to create a Fairtrade arts festival for Fairtrade Fortnight 2021. |
Friday, 27 November 2020 | Joanna  Black Friday should be virtually meaningless in the UK. It's the day after Thanksgiving so should really only matter to those in North America who celebrate, but in recent years it's crept into the UK shopping calendar. We look at why we don't take part and what we're doing instead. |
Tuesday, 10 November 2020 | Joanna  The FIG Tree is a social enterprise in Garstang in Lancashire, the world's first Fairtrade Town. Conceived as a centre for all things Fairtrade the FIG Tree now serves to act as a bridge with cocoa farmers in Ghana and to educate children and adults about Fairtrade chocolate through chocolate making workshops. |
