Midleton & Youghal Fairtrade Town visits

Youghal & Midleton are well on the road to Fairtrade Town status and businesses in the towns are stocking more fairtrade products, such as the Rendezvous Cafe.

Superquinn lists Fairtrade chocolate

After promising to stock Fairtrade options where they are available, Superquinn have placed their 1st order for Divine chocolate. 4 lines including the new Dark Choc with Fruit n Nuts. And to celebrate Suzanne McHugh was in store at Lucan with Kojo Aduhene & Paul Ayepah from Ghana, who grow the very cocoa that goes into Divine during Fairtrade Fortnight. They are very happy !!

Divine cocoa growers unload in Kinsale

Sometimes you can't make it on your own they say, so Kojo Aduhene & Paul Ayepah from Ghana came to help MD Ger Barry unload another delivery of their own Fairtrade cocoa, in the form of Divine chocolate, in the Kinsale Distribution warehouse. Including fresh Easter Egg supplies and samples of next Christmas seasonal products.

On average a cocoa grower in Ghana earns the same in a year as an average irish consumer spends on chocolate in the same year. €300 ! Fairtrade does make a difference.

Fairtrade meets the president

A group representing 30 Fairtrade Towns around Ireland met the president to mark Fairtrade Fortnight for the first time. A step in the right direction. Only spoiled by a puncture at the gate to Aras an Uachtarain suffered by visting growers Kojo Aduhene and Paul Ayepah from Divine chocolate in Ghana, seen here shaking slightly grubby hands !!

Fairtrade for Peanuts

The best ever organic & Fairtrade Peanut Butter made its debut in Dunnes Stores this week. The store in Ballincolig, Cork, has a special display for Fairtrade Fortnight.