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The Fairtrade Foundation

As the originator of Fairtrade Fortnight, the Fairtrade Foundation deserves a special mention this week. When Fairtrade launched in 1992 they were pioneering. They exposed the extent to which small scale producers were penalised and marginalised by conventional trading systems, and they put ethics and environmental standards back on the agenda. Although there are now… Continue reading The Fairtrade Foundation