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Big Brands Going Fairtrade
Fairtrade Fortnight has just finished in the UK – and it’s been an eventful few weeks.
One of the biggest bits of news to come out was that Cadbury, one of the main UK chocolate companies, is switching it’s Dairy Milk range of Fairtrade Certified chocolate by the end of the year – tripling the sales of Fairtrade Certified cocoa from Ghana.
The switch – fantastic news for the Farmers who benefit – was bound to re-ignite discussions over whether big-brands using the Fairtrade mark strengthens or weakens the Fairtrade system. Ready for that debate – The Fairtrade Foundation and Cadbury have been running a blog to host discussions and share updates as Cadbury move towards fully certified Fairtrade Dairy Milk chocolate by Autumn 2009.
Ethics of Coffee (Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics Lecture)
By chance I just came across a fantastic 30 minute lecture recording from a seminar at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.
If you want to get more insights into how Fairtrade certification affects the value chain of coffee production, and to hear both positive and critical perspectives on how Fairtrade is working on the ground, then it’s well worth a listen.
If you’ve only got five minutes (rather than the full thirty) to share, then the first section of the lecture provides a great history of Fairtrade and explains in detail the Fairtrade difference.
Listen Here (Ethics of Coffee lecture – MP3)
