Irish Fairtrade Magazine

The annual Irish Independent Fairtrade supplement was published this week. Its the best way to keep up to date with the official Fairtrade news in Ireland. This blog is the best way to get behind the scenes of course...

Checkout the on-line version of the Independent magazine at:-

http://publishing.yudu.com/A6y3h/FairTrade/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffairtrade.whitespace.ie%2F

Tesco struggle to get Fairtrade on the shelf

Tesco Ireland have over 20 stores with dedicated Fairtrade sections, but appear to be struggling to keep the products on sale. The picture is of their Mahon Point store in Cork looking distinctly empty ! This was the situation in 4 stores we visited last week, in the build up to Fairtrade Fortnight....Better things are promised just as soon as a new buyer is appointed.

Fairtrade material for teachers

Fairtrade Fortnight starts 25th Feb and with Divine cocoa growers coming to Dublin, Cork, Kinsale and elsewhere now is the time to checkout http://www.papapaa.org/ where free educational materials are available as well as the latest news about how Fairtrade benefits the 75,000 growers in Ghana, the 2nd biggest world supplier of cocoa for your chocolate bars. Do you ever check to see where your chocolate actually comes from ?

Fairtrade coffee growers talk to you live

Finally we got some coffee growers personal story for you. Listen to what they say about why should stock and sell, and buy Fairtrade produce