Skibereen has just become yet another Fairtrade Town. That's 24+ in Ireland now, and much of that is down to the work of local consumers. Local stores and businesses are stocking up, and at this weekend's West Cork Food Festival, the local committee were busy making a stand for the world's poorest nations from whom we buy products like coffee, cocoa, tea, soccer balls and cotton. Things we couldn't grow here even if we wanted to !
