Fairtrade

One stop ethical shop – Natreco.com A new online store, launched this month, with the aim of making it easier for consumers to shop in one place according to their ethical preferences, whether that be ‘organic’, ‘fair trade’ or ‘locally sourced’. Inspired after a trip to visit Orangutans in Borneo,...

Major changes in the way our food is produced are necessary if the human race in general is to avoid starvation.  Instead of concentrating on the use of diminishing and irreplaceable natural resources to increase crop yields and expand production, we need to reverse the course and head back to...

Products displaying the Fairtrade logo are frequently more costly here than those goods without the symbol. While shoppers accuse supermarkets of excessive profit making, it must be remembered that the large mark up does cover the basic housing, health and food needs of the local people in the producing countries...

In 2009 higher wages were protested for by the tea workers in Sri Lanka, home of Ceylon Tea. At that time they wanted their wages to be doubled to $4.50 for a day’s wage. That wage is comparable to purchasing an inexpensive box of tea in supermarkets throughout the UK...