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. |
Friday, 30 October 2020 | Joanna  This week has been Ethical Consumer Week with webinars, workshops and events with the theme of sustainable and regenerative economies going on all week. Joanna attended a few of the events and gives her thoughts and reflections on the week. |
Wednesday, 21 October 2020 | Joanna  We've been selling hand painted Christmas decorations from Fair to Trade since 2013 on our Christmas market stalls in Manchester and Sheffield, but since this year there are no face to face sales for us in 2020 you can now buy them online.
Find out more about how and where they are made |
Wednesday, 14 October 2020 | Joanna  Tonys Chocolonely is a relative newcomer to the world of Fairtrade chocolate in the UK but they're already making a big splash and campaigning for a world where slavery free chocolate is the only choice we have. |
Monday, 12 October 2020 | Joanna  World Chocolate Week runs from 12 - 18 October. Chocolate is one of the most popular sweet treats around the world but when it came across to Europe from central America it was made as a bitter drink and a far cry from what we consider chocolate now. |
Thursday, 1 October 2020 | Joanna  Thursday 1 October is a global Day of Action in support of Fairtrade cocoa farmers. The campaign to Keep KitKat Fairtrade has reached its conclusion with a socially distanced petition hand-in at the Nestle offices in York. Read more to learn how you can join in. |
1 CommentTuesday, 15 September 2020 | Joanna  While jobs are being lost in the kinds of industries that can only be done face to face, tech giants are making billions in 2020 because we're all online.
But is it time for the sustainable, ethical and fair trade community to take on Amazon? Does the world need an ethical Amazon? Can one even exist? |
Friday, 28 August 2020 | Joanna  Joe Osman worked at Traidcraft from its inception in 1979 until his retirement and the company's near collapse in 2018. This book is part memoir and part history of this pioneering fair trade organisation |
Tuesday, 7 July 2020 | Joanna  World Chocolate Day - what could be better? In the UK we eat over 11kg of chocolate on average making us the biggest chocoholics in Europe. Our chocolate is all Fairtrade and comes from companies dedicated to sharing the love with everyone in the supply chain. |
