Posted here is a selection of news about fair trade culled from Google News.
19/09/2006
Gov't supports move to get banana farmers fair trade certified
Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica
... Errol Ennis has said that the government strongly supports the move by the Banana Export Company (BECO) to get local banana exporters fair trade certified, and ...
Fair trade designer
Nepali Times - Kathmandu,Nepal
... “Many of our hemp and organic cotton, natural fibre, and woven textiles are not part of fair trade and because of this, the people who work the hardest gets ...
A dedicated follower of fair trade
Scotsman - United Kingdom
WHAT happened to Katharine Hamnett? In the 1980s she was everywhere, grinning next to Margaret Thatcher in her 58 PER CENT DON'T ...
US Trade Dilemma: Free or Fair?
Washington Post - United States
... Three political facts of life have caused many Americans to shift their support from free trade to fair trade. (A recent Council ...
Are you an ethical shopper?
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
... Bank’s Ethical Consumerism Report 2005 reports “steady growth” in the sector with the rising popularity of organic food, Fairtrade, low-energy products ...
Fairtrade Coffee Not Living Up to Label in Peru
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
LIMA, Peru — "Ethical" coffee is being produced in Peru, the world's top exporter of Fairtrade coffee, by laborers paid less than the legal minimum wage. ...
‘Ethical’ coffee unfairly produced in Peru
Legalbrief (subscription) - Durban,South Africa
‘Ethical’ coffee is being produced in Peru, the world's top exporter of Fairtrade coffee, by labourers paid less than the legal minimum wage, says a report ...
Fairtrade coffee shops show organic growth
ic Wales - United Kingdom
... most ethical. Coffee#1's steadily expanding chain of coffee outlets now serve only 100% organic, Fairtrade produce. Established ...