News & Events 2007
Tell Gordon to be bold
Oxfam wants you to email Gordon Brown asking him to be bold and put the fight against poverty, climate change and a just foreign policy firmly on the table during his first 100 days as Prime Minister.
You can email him from the Oxfam web site:
Email Gordon Brown
You can email him from the Oxfam web site:
Email Gordon Brown
Ben & Jerry's ice cream
Just ready for summer, Ben & Jerry's is making two of its ice cream flavours with Fairtrade ingredients - Vanilla and Vanilla Toffee Crunch.The company says “while it’s not yet possible to convert all our flavours to Fairtrade certified status, we’re working on the ones we can.”
After a campaign that resulted in Starbucks receiving 96,000 petitions by e-mail, fax, phone and visits to coffee shops, the company is one of a number signing agreements recognising Ethiopia’s right to control the brands surrounding its coffee beans.
Oxfam says that this could bring millions more in annual revenues, in a country where about 15 million people depend on coffee to get by.
More details from:
Oxfam
Oxfam says that this could bring millions more in annual revenues, in a country where about 15 million people depend on coffee to get by.
More details from:
Oxfam
Archived news
News from Fairtrade Fortnight earlier this year, plus how Cumbria became only the second Fairtrade County in England back in March 2006:Archived news
Movie challenges global coffee trade
To all those with an interest in Fairtrade and Trade Justice – and coffee – we highly recommend this
powerful film. Set in Ethiopia, USA and Britain, Black Gold is an investigation into, and indictment
of, the global coffee trade and its effects on farmers’ lives. The film reveals the extent of the injustice
the producers endure while the corporate coffee roasters reap huge profits. ‘Star’ of the film is
Tadesse Meskela, whom many Fairtrade campaigners met in Cumbria in March 2005. His fight for a
fairer price provides the film’s narrative.
Black Gold was shown at Theatre by the Lake in Keswick in June 2007 and provided an opportunity to link up with others interested in Fairtrade and Trade Justice.
To find out more about Black Gold and to check for future screenings go to:
Black Gold web site
The Black Gold web site also has a coffee calculator which shows you where your money goes when you buy a cup of coffee.
Many of you will know that Keswick and District Fairtrade Campaign has just started a link with the village of Choche in Ethiopia. If you want to know something about this, we can answer your questions. See the Contacts page
Black Gold was shown at Theatre by the Lake in Keswick in June 2007 and provided an opportunity to link up with others interested in Fairtrade and Trade Justice.
To find out more about Black Gold and to check for future screenings go to:
Black Gold web site
The Black Gold web site also has a coffee calculator which shows you where your money goes when you buy a cup of coffee.
Many of you will know that Keswick and District Fairtrade Campaign has just started a link with the village of Choche in Ethiopia. If you want to know something about this, we can answer your questions. See the Contacts page