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Fair Trade : News brief

Fair Trade is trade that satisfies criteria re. the supply chain of the goods involved, usually including fair payment for producers and other social and environmental considerations. It's part of an organized social movement which promotes standards for international labor, environmentalism, and social policy in commerce between developed and undeveloped countries.

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Ethical Fresh Produce Sales Rocketing in Europe (news brief)

Organization:

freshplaza.com

A rise in ethical consumerism is spiking demand for organic and fair trade fresh produce in Europe. New research by Organic Monitor (www.organicmonitor.com) shows that sales of ethical fruit & vegetables surpassed the EUR 5 billion mark for the first time in 2007.

Read more about fresh trade produce here.

Wales Has Become the First Fair Trade Nation (news brief)

Organization:

Fair Trade Center

All the 22 Welsh counties have active Fairtrade groups. In addition, almost 400 schools have promised to use and promote fairly traded products.

Levi Strauss & Co Goes Fair Trade in Argentina (news brief)

Organization:

Fair Trade Center

The Fair Trade Centre, together with Levi Strauss Foundation and CTM Altromercato have financed the start-up of a production chain.

First Coffee and Chocolate, Now Entire Towns Obtain Fair Trade Status (news brief)

Organization:

Plentymag

By 2005, San Francisco already had some of the strongest fair trade and anti-sweatshop laws in the country, but in a city with a population of 760,000, getting Fair Trade City status took a little longer than it would for a smaller town.

Food Summit Blames Trade Barriers, Queries Biofuel (news brief)

Organization:

Reuters

"Nothing is more degrading than hunger, especially when man-made," said U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Fears grow that food inflation threatens Fairtrade (news brief)

Organization:

The Guardian

The Fairtrade marketing system designed to guarantee fair prices and premiums to farmers could be a casualty of the global boom in commodities prices, campaigners and industry analysts say.

Ask Summer Rayne: What Is Fair Trade Fashion? (news brief)

Organization:

Discovery Channel

A fair-trade label also ensures that artisans receive long-term trading agreements, living wages, fair working conditions, and, often, reinvestment back in their community through education and other facilities.